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1. Location (I currently commute at least 2 hours a day)
2. Pay and Benefits (Married, 2 kids, house)
3. Work environment / culture (Hardest part to determine*)
4. Perks (Coffee, gym, flexibility, etc)
5. Everything else I feel that understanding the problem space comes lower in the list of factors for me. I might be more inclined to work in a tech focused company but if factors 1-4 above are met at a company that works in agriculture... well then give me a straw hat, some overalls and I'm in. The one thing that sucks for me is gauging the company culture. Phone or face-to-face interviews just don't cut it. And unless you know someone who works at the place it's difficult to get a good idea of what the place is really like to work at. I wish I could watch a video of people just working at the place. Show me how the meetings go, show me how you guys deploy code, show me a developer working on something, show me what happens when an issue in production comes up. ~ There's an idea, video job postings! How do I discover great new companies? Search, search, search, interview & ask questions, talk to developers, go to meetups and talk to the people there, blog, tweet, hope something interesting somehow makes it in front of my eyeballs. Oh and one other tip (not my site): http://dearrecruiters.com/ |