Gleb Bahmutov PRO
JavaScript ninja, image processing expert, software quality fanatic
Building an orchestra of rockstars
How does low temperature affect the price of banana stocks?
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agile+
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hiring
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graduation
Our strengths
Waterfall
Agile
Agile+
Agile+
Hiring
2 types:
pros and smarts
Pro: we hire you
You know what to do
Bring a buddy.
Smart: intern first
You learn what to do
Who is the smartest student you know?
Do not hire rockstars
Grow them
"senior": 800
"junior": 150
Openings
Training
Book clubs
Meaningful projects
Open source
"My story" presentation
How do you manage people who quit?
The divorce aproach
Shame / traitor approach
Dead
approach
Time = more people who have left the company
Time = more people who have left the company
Time = more people who have left the company
Time = more people who have left the company
Time = more people who have left the company
It is Ok
Average time at a startup
1.5 - 2 years
Graduation
Harvard Sq, Cambridge
Freedom Tower, NYC
github.com/kensho
@kensho
An orchestra of rockstars
By Gleb Bahmutov
An orchestra of rockstars
Hiring, training and graduation approaches that work for us at Kensho (data analysis and machine intelligence company in Boston and NYC)
