https://www.startupcto.com/ 2026-04-15T20:30:14+00:00 https://www.startupcto.com/ https://www.startupcto.com/lib/tpl/scto/images/favicon.ico text/html 2023-06-28T21:04:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.startupcto.com/people/hr/home?rev=1687986270 Human Resources (HR) hr index text/html 2024-05-12T03:47:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.startupcto.com/people/hr/how-to-find-good-tech-folks?rev=1715485656 Finding Technical Talent How do you find good technical people? If you’ve already seen the how to guide on hiring, you’ll know that it is predicated on having a bunch of resumes to pick from. How do you get those? There’s no magic bullet, but here’s what I’ve found generally works the best. Note that this list might be slightly biased toward the Bay Area and Silicon Valley, where I work. If you have local resources for other areas of the country and the world, please add them to the comments … text/html 2023-06-27T04:53:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.startupcto.com/people/hr/how-to-hire-technical-people?rev=1687841636 How-To Guide for Hiring Developers & Other Tech Staff Hiring technical folks – at least good technical folks -- can be a tough thing to do. Here is a short How-To Guide that will help you. Making a Plan Before beginning the hiring process, you need to decide what qualities you need to look for given the position. Certain people will suit certain positions better than others. For example, if you are hiring a technical lead, you'll need them to have good oral and written communication skills, … text/html 2023-10-20T20:51:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.startupcto.com/people/hr/quarterly-review-process?rev=1697835090 Conducting The Quarterly Review w/ Engineers As a manager, I feel it is important to regularly checkin with your development, technical and engineering staff (or any staff, for that matter) to see how things are going. I try to do this either quarterly or semi-annually, and while I like to keep it informal to keep the stress level down, I do make sure to hit on a few points. text/html 2023-12-01T04:00:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.startupcto.com/people/hr/second-tier-tech-cities?rev=1701403256 Second Tier Tech Centers - 2020 Edition If you're trying to hire technical folks, and you have a virtual company or don't care where they work, you might want to look at recruiting from somewhere other than the big tech centers such as San Francisco & New York. There are a lot of absolutely fantastic technical people who live in what I call 'second tier technical cities'