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CS50 for MBAsRecruiting Software Engineers
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A Look Back• Computational Thinking • Programming Languages • Algorithms, Data Structures • Internet Technologies • Web Design • Cloud Computing • Privacy, Security • Database Design • Web Programming • Mobile Strategies
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Recurring Themes
• Tradeoffs
• Abstraction
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This TimeRecruiting Software Engineers
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• Conceptual overview of technical roles in software development
• Best practices for finding and hiring great technical engineers
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–Dustin Moskovitz, Co-Founder of Asana & Co-Founder of Facebook
“Time I spend recruiting”
45%
ycombinator.com
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• The best way to get started is to focus on getting your first technical hire or co-founder
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• Full-Stack Engineer • Front-End Engineer • Back-End Engineer • iOS Engineer • Android Engineer • DevOps Engineer • Database Administrator • Cloud Computing Engineer • QA Engineer • Data Scientist • Machine Learning Engineer • UX Designer • UI Designer • VR Developer • …
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airbnb.com
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airbnb.com
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airbnb.com
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airbnb.com
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airbnb.com
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• Bash • C • C++ • C# • Clojure • Erlang • F# • Go • Haskell • Java • JavaScript • Objective-C
• OCaml • PHP • Python • R • Ruby • Scala • Scheme • SQL • Swift • …
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June 2, 2014
techcrunch.com
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April 18, 2017
techcrunch.com
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• ability to learn fast is critical
• strong generalist engineers
• culture fit just as important as current skills
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Full-Stack EngineerDesigner
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Full-Stack Engineer
Front-End Engineer
Back-EndEngineer
Designer
UX Designer UI Designer
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Full-Stack Engineer
Front-End Engineer
Back-EndEngineer
Designer
UX Designer UI Designer
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appfutura.com
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Full-Stack Engineer
Front-End Engineer
Back-EndEngineer
Designer
UX Designer UI Designer
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facebook.design
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Full-Stack Engineer
Front-End Engineer
Back-EndEngineer
Designer
UX Designer UI Designer
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• “Writes code that runs on the client.”
• HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• Can use frameworks like Bootstrap, Foundation
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Full-Stack Engineer
Front-End Engineer
Back-EndEngineer
Designer
UX Designer UI Designer
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• “Writes code that runs on the server.”
• Python, Ruby, JavaScript (+Node js), Java, PHP, SQL
• Django, Ruby on Rails
• APIs
• Databases
• Servers
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{ Payments API }
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Full-Stack Engineer
Front-End Engineer
Back-EndEngineer
Designer
UX Designer UI Designer
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Full-Stack Engineer
Front-End Engineer
Back-EndEngineer
Designer
UX Designer UI Designer
Product Manager
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• What features should we build?
• Customer feedback
• Business logic
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slack.com
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Full-Stack Engineer
Front-End Engineer
Back-EndEngineer
Designer
UX Designer UI Designer
Product Manager
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• What about other roles, like iOS Engineers, Android Engineers, Data Scientists?
• Do I need to hire all these roles to get started?
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1999
buffer.com
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2004
buffer.com
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2005
buffer.com
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2008
thehustle.co
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2010
thehustle.co
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• Where do I want my customers to interact with my product? (web app, native iOS, native Android, hybrid app)
• How much time & effort is needed to build the product in each platform? (web < native)
• What technical people do I have in my team? What are they comfortable with?
• Is there existing software or infrastructure I can pay for to get started?
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quora.com
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Infrastructure as a service (IAAS) e.g. Amazon Web Services
Platform as a service (PAAS) e.g. Heroku
Software as a service (PAAS) e.g. Gmail
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• Full-stack, front end, back end, designers, mobile native
• Strong generalist engineers
• Focus on getting the first hires / technical co-founder
• Get started with the resources available
• Use existing software and infrastructure as needed
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• Conceptual overview of technical roles in software development
• How to find and hire great technical engineers
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• Sourcing
• Personal networks of people who’ve already worked with you (#1 strategy by far)
• angel.co, indeed.com, monster.com, …. (be prepared to go through a lot of noise)
• When asking for introductions, write emails that are easy to forward
• Go to events where technical people hang out (hackathons, developer conferences, meetups)
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• Attention
• Company is solving an interesting (and hard!) problem
• Having people say good things about you (press or word of mouth)
• Tech talks with cool demos
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• Do your homework! Don’t spam.
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@dhh on Twitter
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• Remote is an option
• People willing to relocate
• Freelance versus full-time
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• Spend more time on it • Audition for roles • Hire people you like • Have a set of cultural values • Don’t compromise • Be generous (equity over comp) • Always be recruiting • Fire fast • Don’t hire if you don’t need to
samaltman.com
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• Full-time
• Referrals from your network! ***
• angel.co **
• indeed.com *
• monster.com *
• Freelance
• toptal.com **
• upwork.com *
• Harvard
• Email Prof. David Malan
• HSA Dev
• Computer science mailing lists
• Attend technical events
Sourcing Resources
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Suggested Reading• http://blog.samaltman.com/how-to-hire
• https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-best-methods-for-recruiting-software-engineers-today
• https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Stripe-choose-to-use-Ruby-for-its-backend-language
• https://blog.bufferapp.com/the-humble-beginnings-of-google-tumblr-youtube-and-more-and-what-they-can-teach-us-about-starting-small
• https://thehustle.co/proof-that-your-favorite-startup-started-out-awful
• https://labs.spotify.com/2014/03/27/spotify-engineering-culture-part-1/
• https://labs.spotify.com/2014/03/27/spotify-engineering-culture-part-2/