Go out there and rock 🤘
Opher Vishnia
Hasoub Dec 2021
@opherv
Don't eat dubious food
I'm Opher
Senior Developer
Hi!
Playing guitar for 20+ years
Programming for 23+ years
is exactly like
Joining a tech company
Joining a band
There are different types of bands
rock band
Learning
can be scary
Learning
can be scary
Learning
but don't be afraid
There are different types of players
There are different types of developers
- Writing code
- Communication and collaboration
Skills all devs need
- Problem solving
- Having initative and being proactive
- Empathy
Joining a tech company
Joining a band
is exactly like
kinda like
Joining a tech company
Joining a band
is exactly like
- Money
Reasons to join
- Location
- Money
Reasons to join
- Location
Practical Reasons
- Money
Reasons to join
- Location
Practical Reasons
- Belief in the product
- Connection to the company culture
- Interest in the domain
Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko from Pexels
So which band
should you join?
Large Corporate
vs
Small Startup
Large Corporate
Small Startup
- Notoriety
- Proven products & users
- Existing processes
- Internal mobility
- Many resources
- Great flexibility
- Personal impact
- Many hats
- Close-knit team
- Potential for payout
(Product|Project)
Output
(ad|fin|med|bio|ed)tech
Domain
B2B / B2C / B2B2C / B(2[BC])+
Users
pre-seed / seed / round [a-z]
Stage
(Private|Public|Gov)
Ownership
- Sending a CV
- Phone interviews
The process
- Whiteboard interviews
- Coding challenges
- Homework
Help the recruiter help you
Skills and Personality
A CV is an opportunity to showcase your
- "Self learner"
Everyone writes this
- "Recommendation will be provided upon request"
- "Attention to detail"
- "Team player"
- "Strong work ethic"
- "Self learner"
- "Attention to detail"
- "Strong work ethic"
Showcase projects
Personal website
Stable work history
Instead: Show them
Did you put a link to a sad Github page?
A happy Github page:
- Personal text
- Ongoing activity
- Maintained projects
- Contributions to Open Source
Skills and Personality
An interview is an opportunity to showcase your
Prepping for an interview
- Find out about your interviewers
- Research about the company
- Play with their product
- Who are their competitors?
Catch 22: How to gain experience when you have little/no experience?
- Try to build an actual product!
- Meaningful contribution to an open source project
- Hackathons / Game Jams
- Volunteer at NGO/non-profits with tech needs
Getting accepted is
just the first stage...
All beginnings
are difficult
You have to work hard at learning
You can't possibly
know everything
(and that's ok too!)
you will make mistakes
(and that's ok!)
You have the opportunity
to choose your own path
What type of player
do you want to be?
بالنجاح
@OpherV
opherv.com
opher@eko.com
