Episode 56: Developer Hiring

Developer Hiring TableXI is now offering training for developers and products teams! For more info, email [e-mail] or find us at http://tablexi.com.workshops Today on the show, we're talking about hiring with Jennifer Tu and Zee Spencer of Cohere, Thayer Prime of Team Prime, and software consultant Matt Patterson. We talk about the entire developer hiring process from how to advertise your company to potential candidates, through coding tests and interviews, and all the way to the final decision process. It's a great conversation with a lot of different perspectives and a lot of good advice. We’d like to hear from you. What do you look for when hiring developers? Let us know at http://techdoneright.io/56 or on Twitter at @tech_done_right Guests Jennifer Tu (https://twitter.com/jtu): Cofounder of Cohere (http://wecohere.com). Zee Spencer (https://twitter.com/zspencer): Cofounder of Cohere (http://wecohere.com). Thayer Prime (https://twitter.com/Thayer): Founder of Team Prime (https://team-prime.com/). Matt Patterson (https://twitter.com/fidothe): Software Consultant. Notes 02:55 - Common Mistakes When Hiring Developers 05:17 - Effective Hiring Procedures and Interview Processes 10:31 - Getting Your Company’s Name Out There 15:30 - Recruitment, Onboarding, and Reviews 18:52 - Sending Take-Home Exercises and the Problems They Present; Pre-Hire Pairing 30:33 - Good and Bad Uses of Interview Time 33:11 - Developing Interview Question and Using Standardization to Remove Biases 35:34 - Making Yes/No Decisions Related Episodes Apprenticeship with Megan Tiu, Kara Carrell, and Alyssa Ramsey (https://www.techdoneright.io/41) Diversity and Inclusion at Small Companies with Meara Charnetzki, Michael Donnelly, and Elena Valentine (https://www.techdoneright.io/40) Live Panel: Hiring Developers in (and out of) Health Care (https://www.techdoneright.io/23) Developer Bootcamps and Computing Education with Jeff Casimir and Mark Guzdial (https://www.techdoneright.io/20) Special Guests: Jennifer Tu, Matt Patterson, Thayer Prime, and Zee Spencer.