Vinoj Zacharia - Engineering Manager at FloQast

Junior to Senior with David Guttman

Talking Points:

• Traits of a Senior Dev
• Hirable traits of a Junior Dev
• Value of curiosity
• Creating impactful projects
• Aspects of going remote

Quotable Quotes:

• “How can I start making others successful?” - VZ
• “It doesn’t matter what part of your career you’re in. That ability to problem solve with others is going to serve you well.” - VZ
• “I look at hiring as two facets:
  • 1. What can you add to the culture of this company?
  • 2. How can you help move the roadmap forward?
• “The problems that we are trying to solve don’t always have one answer.” - DG
• “For engineers, there is a similarity to artists, there’s a beauty in their work, and I actually embrace and love that fact.” - VZ
• “That touch of engagement, the ‘I care about this product’ is what we want to nurture [ as a manager ].” - VZ
• “We’ve hired people who have never been software developers before.” - VZ
• “Granted [ a junior dev ] may not be able to move the roadmap as much as a senior, but do we see a promise here? A promise that they could? In addition, is their stuff on their resume so far that shows that growth and shows that ability to move forward?” - VZ
• “We ended up hiring engineers that in this year have never even been to the office.” - VZ
• “The single greatest strength you can have in this remote world is good asynchronous communication.” - VZ
• “Start from the ‘why’ in the problem and then get to the ‘how’.” - VZ

Notes:

Article
The Five Levels of Remote Work — and why you’re probably at Level 2
FloQast Website
FloQast.com
Vinoj’s LinkedIn
linkedin.com/in/vinoj
Junior to Senior Community
community.juniortosenior.io