Comments on: Recruitment http://www.maxcutler.com/2009/04/12/recruitment/ Dev, Tech, and Life Fri, 20 Apr 2012 04:19:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: The Big Question: Recruiting Technical Talent | CoPress http://www.maxcutler.com/2009/04/12/recruitment/#comment-25 The Big Question: Recruiting Technical Talent | CoPress Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:02:40 +0000 http://maxcutler.com/blog/?p=62#comment-25 [...] Cutler asks one of the big questions on everyone’s mind these days: how do you recruit technical talent to your student news organization? I’ve often been asked by my colleagues at the YDN what we can do to recruit more people to the [...] [...] Cutler asks one of the big questions on everyone’s mind these days: how do you recruit technical talent to your student news organization? I’ve often been asked by my colleagues at the YDN what we can do to recruit more people to the [...]

]]> By: Daniel http://www.maxcutler.com/2009/04/12/recruitment/#comment-24 Daniel Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:33:12 +0000 http://maxcutler.com/blog/?p=62#comment-24 @Max The interest is certainly there, and we're in the process of spec-ing out what it would take to build a tool that would be useful for this. @Max The interest is certainly there, and we’re in the process of spec-ing out what it would take to build a tool that would be useful for this.

]]> By: Joey Baker http://www.maxcutler.com/2009/04/12/recruitment/#comment-23 Joey Baker Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:32:41 +0000 http://maxcutler.com/blog/?p=62#comment-23 @Max et al– Connecting folks up w/ other organizations is very much on our todo list. We've got master plans to do just that, and <em>may </em> start looking for developers at some point in the future. Interested? :) @Max et al–

Connecting folks up w/ other organizations is very much on our todo list. We’ve got master plans to do just that, and may start looking for developers at some point in the future. Interested? :)

]]> By: Max http://www.maxcutler.com/2009/04/12/recruitment/#comment-22 Max Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:23:56 +0000 http://maxcutler.com/blog/?p=62#comment-22 @Andrew and Daniel That's something that CoPress could really take a lead on (connecting available student devs with news orgs seeking some). Any interest or capability to do that stuff yet on your end? @Andrew and Daniel

That’s something that CoPress could really take a lead on (connecting available student devs with news orgs seeking some). Any interest or capability to do that stuff yet on your end?

]]> By: Daniel http://www.maxcutler.com/2009/04/12/recruitment/#comment-21 Daniel Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:15:37 +0000 http://maxcutler.com/blog/?p=62#comment-21 @Andrew, that's a good point about students working on other student papers when their own doesn't have any use for them. I think there's a lot of potential there. @Andrew, that’s a good point about students working on other student papers when their own doesn’t have any use for them. I think there’s a lot of potential there.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.maxcutler.com/2009/04/12/recruitment/#comment-20 Andrew Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:23:26 +0000 http://maxcutler.com/blog/?p=62#comment-20 Nice post Max. I'm impressed by the number of visitors to the YDN's site. Makes the Pioneer look paltry. Another idea I had was what about reaching out to those outside of the YDN community? I know that part of the point is to build a community of involvement within Yale, but what about people going to schools that maybe don't have tech-savvy newspapers? They might not be able to put their skills to use at their school but might be willing to do so in collaboration with YDN. Just a thought. Keep the posts coming I like them! Nice post Max. I’m impressed by the number of visitors to the YDN’s site. Makes the Pioneer look paltry. Another idea I had was what about reaching out to those outside of the YDN community?

I know that part of the point is to build a community of involvement within Yale, but what about people going to schools that maybe don’t have tech-savvy newspapers? They might not be able to put their skills to use at their school but might be willing to do so in collaboration with YDN.

Just a thought. Keep the posts coming I like them!

]]> By: Daniel http://www.maxcutler.com/2009/04/12/recruitment/#comment-19 Daniel Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:39:54 +0000 http://maxcutler.com/blog/?p=62#comment-19 Another idea: working out arrangements with CS professors so that developers can do freelance journ projects for the YDN as independent study. Another idea: working out arrangements with CS professors so that developers can do freelance journ projects for the YDN as independent study.

]]> By: Max http://www.maxcutler.com/2009/04/12/recruitment/#comment-18 Max Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:33:11 +0000 http://maxcutler.com/blog/?p=62#comment-18 @Joey Sure, that's the appeal of working on small open source projects. Most programmers do work on side or hobby projects, even (especially?) if they are gainfully employed by a company. There's nothing that says you can't work on your own projects when you're not on the clock, as long as it abides by any non-competes. I guess that is also one of the appeals of working at the YDN and Courant for me, because it's an interesting endeavor that I can fully dive into outside of my normal course work. @Joey

Sure, that’s the appeal of working on small open source projects. Most programmers do work on side or hobby projects, even (especially?) if they are gainfully employed by a company. There’s nothing that says you can’t work on your own projects when you’re not on the clock, as long as it abides by any non-competes.

I guess that is also one of the appeals of working at the YDN and Courant for me, because it’s an interesting endeavor that I can fully dive into outside of my normal course work.

]]> By: Joey Baker http://www.maxcutler.com/2009/04/12/recruitment/#comment-17 Joey Baker Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:46:31 +0000 http://maxcutler.com/blog/?p=62#comment-17 I have heard that MS is a good place to work. They've got a lot of money, and they treat their employees well. I've also heard that it is a corporation. It feels like it. Now, maybe I'm wrong, b/c I'm not a developer, but it seems to me that working for MS entails a lot or work on a very small part of a very small part of a massive project. Wouldn't it would be much more enjoyable to code your own project? something that your intensely involved in, that you can claim as your own? IMHO I have heard that MS is a good place to work. They’ve got a lot of money, and they treat their employees well. I’ve also heard that it is a corporation. It feels like it.

Now, maybe I’m wrong, b/c I’m not a developer, but it seems to me that working for MS entails a lot or work on a very small part of a very small part of a massive project. Wouldn’t it would be much more enjoyable to code your own project? something that your intensely involved in, that you can claim as your own?

IMHO

]]> By: Max http://www.maxcutler.com/2009/04/12/recruitment/#comment-16 Max Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:40:22 +0000 http://maxcutler.com/blog/?p=62#comment-16 @Joey I don't want to sidetrack the real conversation here, but this is a common misconception and something that really sold me during the interview process. It is surprisingly hard to find pictures of the insides of MS buildings, but here are some of the new building which I'll be working in (opened last summer): http://home.earthlink.net/~celebok/AdvantaPics/. There's a picture of one office and a hallway, but the entire building is essentially like that. Maybe Rob knows of a site somewhere with floor plans or pictures. If you watch some Channel9 videos, they often go on tours and meet the developers in their offices. @Joey

I don’t want to sidetrack the real conversation here, but this is a common misconception and something that really sold me during the interview process. It is surprisingly hard to find pictures of the insides of MS buildings, but here are some of the new building which I’ll be working in (opened last summer): http://home.earthlink.net/~celebok/AdvantaPics/. There’s a picture of one office and a hallway, but the entire building is essentially like that. Maybe Rob knows of a site somewhere with floor plans or pictures. If you watch some Channel9 videos, they often go on tours and meet the developers in their offices.

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