Insights and explanation about the Hi-Tech industry and about the terms of Startup companies. Brought by the Ofek Alumni association supporting it's alumni.

1. Know the Startup World
Demi Ben-Ari

2. About Me
Demi Ben-Ari, Co-Founder & VP R&D @ Panorays
! Google Developer Expert
! Co-Founder of Communities:
○ “Big Things” - Big Data, Data Science, DevOps
○ Google Developer Group Cloud
○ Ofek Alumni Association
In the Past:
! Sr. Data Engineer - Windward
! Team Leader & Sr. Java Software Engineer,
Missile defense and Alert System - “Ofek” – IAF

3. Getting Discharged
http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3u6jru

4. What are the Possibilities
https://memegenerator.net/instance/52475084

5. Parameters Definition for Positions
! Technology
! Working among people of quality
! Career path - Planning for higher roles
! Money
! Close to home
! Comfortable working hours
! Environment to learn at
! ** Prioritize all of the parameters for a better choice

6. Change of Field (Maybe?)
! Developers
○ Fullstack
○ Backend
○ Front-End
○ Super ninja Big Data Wizard (WTF??)
! System / Operations
○ DevOps
! QA / Automation Engineers
! Support (Tier 1, Tier 2…)

7. Startups - When to Join?
1. Do I want to form a Startup???
2. Join as a first / second employee.
3. Join a startup in Growth stage.
! Startup - It’s a full life commitment, Call it of “Way of life”

8. Startups
! Funding Rounds (Pre-Seed, Seed, A, B ….)
! Product Maturity
! Exit - Acquisition, IPO (Initial Public Offering)
! Options / Stocks
○ Vesting
○ Clif
○ Dilution
○ Single / Double Trigger Acceleration

9. Company Properties (Questions)
! Location?
! Development team size vs. Company size?
! What teams do you have?
! How many Founders? What they’re like? (Startups)
! What’s the roadmap for the company?
! What’s my role? responsibilities

10. Job Search
https://gradschooland.wordpress.com/2016/03/31/the-part-time-

11. Job Search
● Get some information from friends.
○ Yes, Excel might be involved :)
● It’s a full time job so search for a job.
● Take it as a learning experience, It’s much more fun like that.

12. Interviews
https://makeameme.org/meme/prepare-yourself-interviews

13. Interviews
! Preparing for the Interview
○ Pitch yourself, It’s not easy
○ Search in the Internet about the company, do your research
! Phone Interview Maybe?
! Interview Outline (You’re interviewing the company too)
! Possible Questions
! Be passionate about what you do (And have done)
! What’s the whole process?
! HR - Why do they need it?
! Feedback - Ask for it

14. Questions you might want to ask
! What’s important for the company?
○ From their employees?
○ What are the wanted Achievements?
! What’s the role I’m interviewing for?
! What’s the interviewing process like?
○ When are you going to get an answer back?
○ Who is the POC to communicate with during the process?

15. Resume / CV (Curriculum Vitae)
http://sciencepreps.iupui.edu/sites/default/files/resumes_and_more.png

16. What Describes You Best (Main Sections)
! Personal Details (Name, Email, Phone, Place of residence)
! Summary
! Personal Photo (Why?)
! Work Experience
! Education
! Skills (Do you need that?)
! Languages
! References
! Don’t make my mistake, Don’t make it too long :)

17. Pointers and Tips
! Bold the relevant Buzzwords.
! No Typos!!! Be professional, don’t embarrass yourselves
! Be sure that it sends the wanted message (Engineer, Manager, etc.)

18. Pondering about...
! Hebrew vs English
○ Try writing the technical terms
! Bullets vs Plain Text
! How to make a decision between the job offers?
! How much money to ask?
○ Don’t believe the hearsay, Do your research
○ The stage of the company you’re interviewing at effects the terms
○ 2000 - 3000 in the Salary is ~ 500-750 in the Bank
! What do I want to do with myself?
○ Where am I going to be in 5 Years

19. Public Profiles
! LinkedIn
! Facebook
! Twitter
! GitHub
! StackOverFlow
! YouTube
! Remember, It’s Israel, Everybody knows Everybody
! Shiny LinkedIn Public URL

20. Contract
https://memecaptain.com/gend_image_pages/wyC5Dw

21. Contract in hand
! Terms
○ Parking, Food (10bis?), Travel Expenses
! Gross (Bruto) vs Net (Neto)
○ Global wage + Extra hours
○ Social Benefits
● When is the due date? (Usually between 3 - 7 days)
● Be respectful! (You’d expect the same from the interviewing company)
● Vacation days
● Contracts can be withdrawn
○ Pretty rare, but might happen

22. Conclusion
! Update your public profiles
! Learn from each interview and evaluate yourself
! Try Enjoying the process as much as possible
! Find the place that fits to you and that you fit to it
! Flow the process and keep tabs on it
! Get yourself out there (Meetups, Hackathons…etc.)

23. Questions?

24. ! LinkedIn
! Twitter: @demibenari
! Blog: http://
progexc.blogspot.com/
! demi.benari@gmail.com
! “Big Things” Community
Meetup, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter
! GDG Cloud