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Re: Developers, talk to a VC before a recruitment agency

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Post by jefe78 » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 8:52 PM UTC

hurricane wrote: post #10

VladRussian wrote: post #6

if i were acquainted with a VC ... :)

hi Vlad!

hi hurricane!

Re: Developers, talk to a VC before a recruitment agency

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Post by acconrad » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 8:58 PM UTC

This makes something like Mixtent.com more valuable...since you now have people vouching for developers/companies, you could probably do the same thing for places to work.

Re: Developers, talk to a VC before a recruitment agency

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Post by hurricane » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 9:25 PM UTC

jefe78 wrote: post #11

hurricane wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

hi Vlad!

hi hurricane!

whats up jefe!

Re: Developers, talk to a VC before a recruitment agency

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Post by VladRussian » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 9:27 PM UTC

hurricane wrote: post #10

VladRussian wrote: post #6

if i were acquainted with a VC ... :)

hi Vlad!

hi! to you too

that way i know a bunch of VC :) Even my VC-handshaking friends after founding/CTOing several startups, still so far ended up like me - architectors or principal level engineers in established companies.

Re: Developers, talk to a VC before a recruitment agency

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Post by hurricane » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 9:37 PM UTC

VladRussian wrote: post #14

hurricane wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

hi Vlad!

hi! to you too that way i know a bunch of VC :) Even my VC-handshaking friends after founding/CTOing several startups, still so far ended up like me - architectors or principal level engineers in established companies.

:)

Well I guess that is more job security depending on what you want. You can always go back to doing startups, plus you will know a bunch of other engineers who may hop on board with you.

Re: Developers, talk to a VC before a recruitment agency

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 10:22 PM UTC

hurricane wrote: post #13

jefe78 wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

hi hurricane!

whats up jefe!

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Re: Developers, talk to a VC before a recruitment agency

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Post by shalmanese » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 10:58 PM UTC

The other hidden benefit to this is that VCs are usually the only way for stealth mode companies to be hiring.

Re: Developers, talk to a VC before a recruitment agency

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Post by nathanh » Fri, Feb 04, 2011, 1:46 AM UTC

nbauman wrote: post #5

nivertech wrote: post #4

Some Israeli VCs I know, actually have in-house recruitment agency.

Google Ventures has this too.

I've updated the post with a contact at Google Ventures.

Re: Developers, talk to a VC before a recruitment agency

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Post by earl » Fri, Feb 04, 2011, 2:44 AM UTC

nbauman wrote: post #2

This is a really good point. Also - as a startup, we typically got better candidates who came through our investors. Certain type of candidate was the one that knew where to look. If you're in Los Angeles / SoCal - talk to Mark Suster at GRP Ventures. He's communicated that just about everyone in his portfolio is hiring.

Just make sure you've never left a job in under 10 years, even if you got an enormous raise or your boss was an ass or you got a much better situation out of it. In fact, you should be willing to tolerate a shit situation and lower pay for years just to prove your loyalty.

http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/04/22/never-hire-job...

ps -- make sure never to look out for #1 -- that's for companies, not you, silly employee