In-demand tech skills are the last thing to look for in IT hires
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#2> Entrepreneurs need to guard against the temptation to hire an antisocial or unempathetic talent, no matter how brilliant
I think the same about the products of antisocial or unempathetic companies. Hence my “no Oracle” policy.
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#4on a tangential note, i was fortunate to work at netsuite early in their development (00-10) and it was the best professional experience of my life. Their low attrition rate speaks to the caliber of their leadership
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#5> Entrepreneurs need to guard against the temptation to hire an antisocial or unempathetic talent, no matter how brilliant I think the same about the products of antisocial or unempathetic companies. Hence my “no Oracle” policy.
People work at companies for a variety of reasons. You never know if you're hiring someone who hated the culture of Oracle but wanted a job in their region working on DB technology.
Or they come in via acquisition, or Oracle was simply the only job which would take them at their current pay - or they were ignorant of the reputation.
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#6> Entrepreneurs need to guard against the temptation to hire an antisocial or unempathetic talent, no matter how brilliant I think the same about the products of antisocial or unempathetic companies. Hence my “no Oracle” policy.
People work at companies for a variety of reasons. You never know if you're hiring someone who hated the culture of Oracle but wanted a job in their region working on DB technology. Or they come in via acquisition, or Oracle was simply the only job which would take them at their current pay - or they were ignorant of the reputation.
I think GP was meaning they don't use Oracle products
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#7>Sure, in the ’80s, it might have been possible for one person to do it all: systems administration, database, coding, design. But in today’s world, database administrators, infrastructure engineers, coders, designers, project managers and others — whether on staff, on contract or with a vendor or service provider — must work together to execute projects quickly, securely and reliably. Tech today is a team sport.
I find actually the opposite to be true. The leverage of individual engineers is only growing with the advent of SaaS and the proliferation of API's. Then of course there are the stories of small engineering teams with Unicorn exits, e.g. Instagram, WhatsApp, etc.
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#8> Entrepreneurs need to guard against the temptation to hire an antisocial or unempathetic talent, no matter how brilliant I think the same about the products of antisocial or unempathetic companies. Hence my “no Oracle” policy.
People work at companies for a variety of reasons. You never know if you're hiring someone who hated the culture of Oracle but wanted a job in their region working on DB technology. Or they come in via acquisition, or Oracle was simply the only job which would take them at their current pay - or they were ignorant of the reputation.
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#9>Sure, in the ’80s, it might have been possible for one person to do it all: systems administration, database, coding, design. But in today’s world, database administrators, infrastructure engineers, coders, designers, project managers and others — whether on staff, on contract or with a vendor or service provider — must work together to execute projects quickly, securely and reliably. Tech today is a team sport. I f…
i agree. the overhead of teams and external dependencies is often just too high--you're far better off if you can keep things small but mighty
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#10> A good technologist has grace. He will respectfully probe for intent in a way that doesn’t put the requester on the defensive. He will make it clear that this is a partnership, and that getting the job done is high on his list of priorities — it’s just that he needs some information in order to do a good job for you.
Sounds like a very toxic environment. What would put the tech worker that much on their toes, what would happen if they stepped out of line? Would the manager get angry because it looks like the tech worker tries to be lazy? Do people get angry when you ask questions unless you make it absolutely sure those questions are to help solve their problem? I'd really hate to work in such an environment where tech workers needs to tip-toe around issues because people gets angry if you don't.
Maybe it would be easier if you focused on hiring managers with soft skills first instead of putting in so much effort hiring tech workers with much better soft skills than those managers?