Junior to Senior with David Guttman

Vinoj Zacharia - Engineering Manager at FloQast


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Talking Points:

  • Traits of a Senior Dev
  • Hirable traits of a Junior Dev
  • Value of curiosity
  • Creating impactful projects
  • Aspects of going remote

Quotable Quotes:

  • “How can I start making others successful?” - VZ
  • “It doesn’t matter what part of your career you’re in. That ability to problem solve with others is going to serve you well.” - VZ
  • “I look at hiring as two facets: 
    • 1. What can you add to the culture of this company? 
    • 2. How can you help move the roadmap forward? 
  • “The problems that we are trying to solve don’t always have one answer.” - DG
  • “For engineers, there is a similarity to artists, there’s a beauty in their work, and I actually embrace and love that fact.” - VZ
  • “That touch of engagement, the ‘I care about this product’ is what we want to nurture [ as a manager ].” - VZ
  • “We’ve hired people who have never been software developers before.” - VZ
  • “Granted [ a junior dev ] may not be able to move the roadmap as much as a senior,   but do we see a promise here? A promise that they could? In addition, is their stuff on their resume so far that shows that growth and shows that ability to move forward?” - VZ 
  • “We ended up hiring engineers that in this year have never even been to the office.” - VZ
  • “The single greatest strength you can have in this remote world is good asynchronous communication.” - VZ
  • “Start from the ‘why’ in the problem and then get to the ‘how’.” - VZ

Notes:

Article
The Five Levels of Remote Work — and why you’re probably at Level 2
FloQast Website
FloQast.com
Vinoj’s LinkedIn
linkedin.com/in/vinoj
Junior to Senior Community
community.juniortosenior.io

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