Hosting the world’s largest developers conference for four years in a row and working & interacting with hundreds of tech employers had shed light on the do’s and don’t of IT recruiting. In this talk you will learn about some of the worst mistakes that tech employers have made – and how to avoid them.

1. Developer Recruiting
Benjamin Ruschin
Managing Director | WeAreDevelopers
ben@wearedevelopers.com | www.wearedevelopers.com

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4. 09:00 - 09:45 Opening
Manuela Traunwieser, Microsoft & Benjamin Ruschin, WeAreDevelopers
The Worst Mistakes of Tech Employers: Action Points For
Your Recruiting Strategy
Benjamin Ruschin, Managing Director at WeAreDevelopers
09:50 - 10:10 Developer Relations Is (Not) Sales, Community Management,
Content Development, Marketing, Recruitment
Sanja Bonic, Head of Developer Relations at Exoscale
10:15 - 10:35 Using Psychology and Culture To Fuel Your Talent Pipeline
Kyle Borchardt, Head of People & Culture at Braintribe
10:40 - 11:00 Embracing Your Inner Nerd and Being Authentic – Success
Factors For Running An Employee Centered Tech Company
Michael Kräftner, Founder & CEO at Celum
11:00 - 11:40 Break with Coffee and Snacks

5. 11:40 - 12:00 The Secret Source To Building A Successful
Relationship With The Tech Community
Natalie Korotaeva, UX Engineer, Craftworks & Developer Circle from Facebook Vienna Lead
12:05 - 12:25 'I hate my job, but love my workplace' - Said No Developer
Ever: The Challenges to Create a Modern Corporate Tech
Culture
Georg Nietsch, Digital Evangelist at Payback
12:30 - 12:50 Q&A
12:50 – 13:00 Closing
13:00 - 15:00 Lunch & Get-together
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6. Agenda
09:00-09:45 - Benjamin Ruschin, Managing Director WeAreDevelopers
"The Worst Mistakes of Tech Employers”
09:50-10:10 - Sanja Bonic, Head of Developer Relations, Exoscale
"Developer Relations Is (Not) Sales, Community Management, Content
Development, Marketing, Recruitment”
10:15-10:35 - Kyle Borchardt, Head of People & Culture at Braintribe
"Using Psychology and Culture To Fuel Your Talent Pipeline”
10:40-11:00 - Michael Kräftner, Founder & CEO at Celum
"Embracing Your Inner Nerd and Being Authentic – Success Factors For
Running An Employee Centered Tech Company”
11:00-11:40 - Break & Networking

7. Agenda
11:40-12:00 - Natalie Korotaeva, UX Engineer, Craftworks & Head of
Facebook Developer Circle Vienna: "The Secret Source To Building A
Successful Relationship With The Tech Community"
12:05-12:25 - Georg Nietsch, Digital Evangelist at Payback
”I hate my job, but love my workplace' - Said No Developer Ever:
The Challenges to Create a Modern Corporate Tech Culture"
12:30-13:00 - Q&A
13:00-14:30 - Lunch & Networking

11. The Worst Mistakes Of
Tech Employers: Action Points
For Your IT Recruiting Strategy
Benjamin Ruschin
Managing Director - WeAreDevelopers
ben@wearedevelopers.com

12. »Developers are
writing the script
for the future«
Joel Spolsky
CEO Stack Overflow

15. Most Developers Are Latent Job Seekers
Source: Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2016

16. WeAreDevelopers Survey
Not looking
for a job and
not interested
in a job
change
41%
Not actively
looking for a
job but
interested in a
change
53%
Actively looking
for a job
6%

17. Most Developers Are Latent Job Seekers
Source: Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2016

18. What Motivates Developers?
Source: Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2016

19. What Motivates Developers?
Source: Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2016

20. “Which factors would be particularly
decisive for you in switching employer?”
Good earnings/salary
Further development of expertise
Opportunity for active contribution and self-fulfillment
Better living conditions
Better educational opportunities

21. Developers Love to Learn & Innovate!

22. Changing Location For A Job
Yes,I would
very much like
to take a job
abroad anyway
22%
Yes,but only
given the right
circumstances
64%
No,I cannot
imagine taking
a job abroad at
all
14%

24. IT vs. HR

25. WHO SAID
RECRUITING WAS
STRESSFUL?
I’M 24 AND I
FEEL GREAT!

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32. HELLO FROM
THE OTHER
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A THOUSAND TIMES

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