Posts tagged with Work
Where Companies’ Excellence Matters in Job Hunting
Learn from the best. I held a fruitful discussion a couple of weeks ago with a coding school graduate looking for their first software programming job. They were able to get a few offers from startups (this is San Francisco,…
Overcoming the STEM Stereotype
In other contrarian news... I came across this article today that purports that liberal arts majors are needed at today’s hottest tech startups, even moreso than engineers and other technical folk. As it turns out, software companies still need…
Working Harder is not a Good Career Strategy
Remember when a prominent and arrogant venture capitalist called out startup employees to basically stop whining and work harder? He was almost immediately rebuked by one of the subjects of his anecdote as hypocritical, that VCs have everything to gain…
Building on Experience in an Engineering Career
The current Citi logo was first created and presented as a sketch on a napkin. In this case, instead being being just a Know Where Man parable, it was a true story from the design world. The designer, Paula Scher,…
The Abundance and Half-Life of Code
We live in the age of Code Abundance. It’s never been easier to write, run, and subsequently share a piece of code. The whole Github + software eating the world phenomenon of the past 5 years has increased both the…
Feelin’ Good about Equity
Sometimes it takes some good hard numbers to demystify a feel-good situation. I’d hope that most people who work in startups understand how the numbers work, particularly the expected value of equity grants. If not, this simple calculation…
