As an engineer or developer we currently fortunate enough to have a wide selection of amazing jobs and companies to work for. Although we have a wide selection of jobs, finding the right one is extremely important and may require some additional work. In this episode, we are joined by the guests Chrissy Running and Alayna Ketner who are both talented recruiters at Netflix. Chrissy and Alayna have a lot of experience working with engineers to help find the ideal role. We’ll discuss types of things companies are looking for and how you can best leverage competitive offers in your job searches.

Items mentioned in the episode:

Firebase, Glassdoor, Ted Talk - Power pose, Ten Rules for Negotiating a Job Offer, Salary Negotiation

Guests:

Chrissy Running - @ChrissyRunning

Alayna Ketner - @AlaynaSK

Panelists:

Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan

Augustus Yuan - @augburto

Jem Young - @JemYoung

Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan

Sarah Federman - @sarah_federman

Picks:

Chrissy Running - Culture Map

Chrissy Running - The Night Of

Alayna Ketner - The Fundamentals of Caring

Alayna Ketner - Song Exploder

Ryan Burgess - React CLI tool

Ryan Burgess - Young, Wild & Free - Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, Bruno Mars

Augustus Yuan - a.singlediv.com

Augustus Yuan - httpoxy

Jem Young - Jon Hopkins

Jem Young - Star Trek Beyond (sucks)

Ryan Anklam - STS 121 Launch

Ryan Anklam - Bojack Horseman - Season 3, episode 4

Sarah Federman - Full Width Containers in Limited Width Parents

Sarah Federman - The Macro - Interviews