ctrl-alt-expletive

Episode 6: Recruitment, and starting a company, with Jean-Paul Ashby

Listen Later

We've got Jean-Paul Ashby, a.k.a. JP, a recruiter, director, entrepreneur, talking about all things recruitment, CVs, interviews, and more

  • Lenny Visits Wayde
  • Michael finishes the last Espresso Martini Mouse
  • JP sipps a duvel, not a duv-elle

    • We've got some quickfire questions for JP on all things recuitment.

    • Does github activity matter?
    • How many interviews is too many interviews?
    • What's your go-to interview question?
      • Big Topics
      Recruitment
      • Michael and Mark get a CV review from the professional.
      • Comparison of job platforms, LinkedIn meets Otta
      • Most memorable interviews
        • Starting a new Venture
        • Starting your own business! JP talks about his new venture, Torch, how he developed the idea, what does the MVP do?
        • How JP found a technical founder, and started talking to clients about it.
        • Michael and I talk about team moves and what the process looks like.
          • In the News
          1. Broadcom Triples software revenue, somehow. What a mystery.
          2. Starlink competitor IRIS launching in Europe – 290 satellites
          3. Tom Hanks is forever young
          4. Online Safety Act comes into effect in 3 months
          5. A look at why OpenAI’s K8s server got overloaded and they got locked out
          6. Aqua finds 336,000 Prometheus servers and exporters are wide open, uses them to get system info and cause dos attacks
          7. Even Krisy-Kreme aren’t safe! Why are people attacking a donut company?!
            8. Recommendations
            TV

            JP also recommends The Day of the Jackal

            Books

            Michael has finished Nuclear War: A Scenario

            Out and About

            Hidden City - a real-world texting adventure to help James Bond

            Special Guest: Jean-Paul Ashby.

            ...more
            View all episodesView all episodes
            Download on the App Store
            ctrl-alt-expletiveBy Mark McCracken & Michael McCarthy