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Answers to common recruiting questions
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Your Questions:

  • Updated Resume?
    PDF Resume
  • What is your availability?
    My Availability Calendar (use my email at the top for invites)
    I prefer scheduling meetings after 10am.
    Please try to avoid unsolicited / unscheduled phone calls.
  • Are you looking for a new job?
    Only in the Video Game industry.
  • What positions are you most interested in?
    UX/Product/Frontend Developer/Architect. Extensive skills in UX/Product Design, Developer Evangelism, Teaching, and Full Stack
  • Do you want SR position?
    Yes and no. I want to work at a company with a flat org structure, with other senior-quality devs I can bounce ideas with and learn from.
  • Where do you want to work?
    Telecommute-friendly and/or in the city (San Francisco only).
  • What vertical do you like to work in?
    I prefer Business2Consumer companies. Eat my own dog food translates to caring about the product.
  • Why do we want you?
    I'm a ridiculously passionate hacker who will go out of his way to learn the tech for whatever needs fixing or improving. I've founded Open Source orgs, worked on countless projects, and given talks at conferences. This isn't a 9-5, it's my default passion. Tell the engineers to checkout my Github or google "Dean Sofer".

My Questions:

  • What technologies do you use?
    • Backend tech stack?
    • Frontend tech stack?
    • Product, software, saas?
  • Do the employees hang out together outside the office?
  • Are employees actively involved in Open Source?
  • Is the company actively involved in Open Source?
  • What are the average hours?
    • What time / days are most people in the office?
    • What time is your standup (if you have one)?
  • How many employees?
  • What is (approx) the gender / age distribution?
  • What uncommon perks (if any) do you offer?
  • Where are you located?

What I care about:

  • Culture
    • Like-minded people who I can be friends with outside the office as well as inside
    • Quality code for longer lifespan
    • UX is one of the most important tenants of the product
  • Open Source involvement
    • Code is constantly scrutinized
    • We communicate constantly ad-hoc, async, and direct yet still produce results
    • We are self-driven for quality because we care about the product
    • We are passionate about community, learning and improving
  • Product design / UX and quality code are the teams most valued qualities
    • I want to spend most of my time creating, not fixing
    • Awesome products sell themselves

Feel free to let me know if you have any other questions or would like to know more.

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