Here’s how lots of tech companies start: two guys with an idea or a client, coding in a spare bedroom. One day there’s too much work, so they hire a cousin who knows HTML. Then a friend’s younger sister graduates with a degree in graphic design, so they hire her to design a login process…
You can see it in the way a person walks. His shoulders are hunched. Her head hangs a second too long before she looks up. He leaves the office quietly at the end of the day, slipping out unseen because, of course, he fears he is. If you’re managing a demotivated employee on your team,…
You’ve seen the show, right? Well if not, get watchin’. You have loads to learn from these demolition dudes. 1. You can’t afford move-in-ready. Your ideal candidate has 7 years experience architecting software, but in reality, someone with 4 years fits the bill. We often write job descriptions that are specific without the justification for…
People are motivated by different things. Some people want money, some people want titles, some people want to be well-respected by the group of people they work with. Some want to feel they are making a difference in the world. And some would like, very specifically, to do anything that allows them to damn. the.…