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Episode 110: Team Spirit and Half-hearted Recruiting

Episode 110: Team Spirit and Half-hearted Recruiting

FromSoft Skills Engineering


Episode 110: Team Spirit and Half-hearted Recruiting

FromSoft Skills Engineering

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Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Jun 4, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:


How do I help foster team spirit in a newly created team?

I work for small startup (fewer than 10 people). My boss wants to hire another developer and asked me to look around for people.

I don’t feel particularly strongly about this team. I’ve been there for about a year, but I don’t imagine myself working there for another twelve months.

I don’t want to refer my friends because I don’t want them to join a team I don’t feel good about.

On the other hand, I want to work with great people. I see how other devs may enjoy working in such an environment, but it’s just not for me.

In the long run, I obviously want to leave this job, but what would you recommend doing in short term? Is hiring under such circumstances really that different than hiring if I liked this team?
Released:
Jun 4, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

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It takes more than great code to be a great engineer. Soft Skills Engineering is a weekly advice podcast for software developers about the non-technical stuff that goes into being a great software developer.