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Apr 30

Hiring Tech Talent for Startups in One Sprint: Part 6

Juniors Need Not Apply — Coding bootcamps, become a developer in two weeks, state sponsored coding schools, free coding schools, only pay when you get a job, free online coding schools, mentorship programs, career advisory, planning and training, AFANG scholarships, AFANG sponsored training initiatives. There are probably at least ten training options to become a…

Recruiting

8 min read

Hiring Tech Talent for Startups in One Sprint: Part 6
Hiring Tech Talent for Startups in One Sprint: Part 6

Apr 30

Hiring Tech Talent for Startups in One Sprint: Part 5

Five Years Experience With Flutter — This might be the most relatable part yet for anyone who has ever searched for a tech job. It’s a widely known, serially mocked, universally consistent, globally adopted unhealthy obsession with years of experience. The one, inevitable ingredient in about every job description and candidate evaluation. “How many years of…

Recruitment

10 min read

Hiring Tech Talent for Startups in One Sprint: Part 5
Hiring Tech Talent for Startups in One Sprint: Part 5

Apr 18

Hiring Tech Talent for Startups in One Sprint: Part 4

Aired, DFKM — Ever seen one of those posts on Linkedin that say: “after 107 job applications and 16 interview invitations, I am pleased to announce that I have finally accepted an offer to join….”? What goes through your mind when you see those? “The poster probably isn’t so good at what they…

Recruitment

6 min read

Hiring Tech Talent for Startups in One Sprint: Part 4
Hiring Tech Talent for Startups in One Sprint: Part 4

Apr 15

Hiring Tech Talent for Startups in One Sprint: Part 3

The Mean Stack — The journey of a thousand commits begins with a job application. The first hiring step from a company’s perspective is making and putting out a job description. From the candidate’s perspective, it is reading this description and applying for the job. Apart from Javascript jokes, I haven’t come across a…

Recruiting

8 min read

Hiring Tech Talent for Startups in One Sprint: Part 3
Hiring Tech Talent for Startups in One Sprint: Part 3

Apr 15

Hiring Tech Talent for Startups in one Sprint: Part 2

AFANG Vs Ewedu — Most of you know AFANG as FAANG, but, for personal reasons, I prefer to refer to it as AFANG, and for clarity, I’d use it to refer to tech companies that started out as startups and have scaled into big multinationals. So in this case, AFANG would not be limited…

Startup

3 min read

Hiring Tech Talent for Startups in one Sprint: Part 2
Hiring Tech Talent for Startups in one Sprint: Part 2

Apr 14

Hiring Tech Talent for Startups in One Sprint: Part 1

Warning: Rant ahead! — In the words of Olamide the great: First of all, introduction. In case the title failed to convey the point of this, I’ll be pointing out some industry practices in tech recruitment within the startup ecosystem. These topics are probably best had conversationally, but due to the nature of this…

Recruiting

3 min read

Hiring Tech Talent for Startups in One Sprint: Part 1
Hiring Tech Talent for Startups in One Sprint: Part 1
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