Short history of Spartez and information whom we want to hire and why. Extra bonus: my aspirational thinking about how juniors differ to senior and principal developers. This slidedeck was presented by me during Spartez Open Day on March 13th 2015.

2. Present ourselves
Get to know you!
Demystify!

3. Intro: Spartez Story (20 min)
Office Tour & Team Intros (60min)
Jobs @ Spartez (10 min)
Debunking Recruitment Myths (30min)
Q&A (20 min)
Socializing (…)
Agenda
Quiz

4. The Spartez Story

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First direct contact - blog & e-mail

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Przemek Bielicki
Paweł Niewiadomski
Jacek Jaroczyński
Sławek Ginter
Wojciech Seliga
PiotrEK Maruszak
Łukasz Gumiński
Marek Went
Janusz Gorycki
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10. SOLIDARITY
PASSION
SACRIFICE
HONESTY

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13. ????

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Our online shop my.spartez.com
released!
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Agile Scrum Cards Print 1.0
Certified ScrumMaster Training
led by Henrik Kniberg

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ScreenSnipe 1.0 released

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Meeting Room 1.0 released

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31. Open Company - No Bullshit
Don't Fuck The Customer
Be The ChangeYou Seek
Great Place to Work
Simplicity

32. Why Spartez

33. Values
People
Challenges
Full Responsibility
Global Impact
Good Compensation
Passionate Users
Culture
Good Compensation
Good Compensation

34. Jobs @ Spartez

35. Board
FishEye &
Crucible
Bamboo JIRA Spartez
Products
Principal Product
Manager
Software Architect
QA engineer
UX designer
Principal Dev
Senior Dev
Product
Manager
Senior Web
Developer
Senior Dev Manager
Web
Developer
Web
Developer
Senior Java
Developer
Java Developer
Talent & Administration

36. English

37. Web Developer
• Understanding Javascript, DOM and the
browser dynamic behaviour
• Not JQuery spaghetti master, instead
designing modular code
• Knowing some backend stuff - big
advantage.We love full-stack guys
• Master of CSS, HTML5 and various
tempting technologies
• True engineer, not tinkerer

38. Java Developer
• Understands how Java (JVM) really works
• Loves code craftsmanship, but aware of
tradeoffs - pragmatic thinking
• Competent with concurrency and
networks
• Has good holistic grasp of Java-based web
servers & related technologies

39. Product Manager
• Experienced (3+ years) in managing software
product in mass market
• Technical (software) background is a big plus
• 7+ years of professional experience in the
industry
• Product Manager IS NOT Project Manager
• Market/customer focus vs. process/resources
focus

40. Principal Product
Manager
• All requirements for Product Manager
• Very experienced in managing software
product in mass market (5+ years)
• Experienced in managing people (ideally
other PMs) and hard decisions making
• 10+ years of professional experience in the
industry

41. QA Engineer
• Quality Assistant, not Quality Assurance
• Critical thinking, risk identification, user
thinking and exploratory testing expert
• Bug prevention and process improvement
mindset and experience
• Can think from user perspective
• Very technical and with a lot of attention to
detail

42. UX Designer
• Understands principles of good UX design
• Proficient with design and research
techniques
• Passionate about elegant design
• Understands HTML, JS and CSS - can
prepare their own prototypes
• 3+ years in similar role

43. Development Team Lead
• Hands-on guy, at least as good as a senior
developer
• Capable of leading pizza-size team
• Experienced with Agile methodologies
• Awesome at cooperating with various people
and teams
• Motivates his people and helps them be
better
• Interested in bigger picture

44. Senior Development
Manager
• Has not lost his development guru superpowers
• Loves leading teams/people and making them better.
Does it successfully (proofs).
• Experienced with Agile and Lean methodologies
(several years or more)
• Deeply interested in new trends in our industry
(technologies and methodologies)
• Passion for understanding and shaping the big picture
and sharing it with others

45. Dev seniority
Focus Technology Product
Solving
problem
Customer
Defining the right problem
Needs
assistance
Independent
Teaching
others
Impacting
the company
Technical
capability
Quality Code L&F
Low Level
System Design
Usability
Extensibility
Architecture
Maintainability
Technical
innovation
Passive
Local
Introduction
Team
Buy-in
Company
Community
Junior Mid Senior Principal
Knowledge
Span
Fragments
of the stack
Most of the
stack
Complete stack
and some elements
of other stacks
Various stacks
(deeply!)
Bugs Surprised Disappointed Expecting Leveraging

46. Dev seniority - cont.
Watching
Questioning
& proposing
Changing
teammates
Changing
company
Process
Improvement
Change Agent
Big Picture Learning*
Product
understanding
Domain
understanding
Domain expert
(innovation)
Stance Arrogant “Sokrates”
Open to
Criticism
Critical
Typical
Experience
1K - 5K hours 3K - 12K hours 7K-20K hours 15K+ hours
Junior Mid Senior Principal
Teaching/
mentoring
Receiver Interns & Juniors Whole team
All people
(also outside)
Estimation Eager
Questionable Careful
Reluctant
Pessimistic
Iterative
Narrowing

47. Office Tour
See you at 18:00

48. Debunking
Recruitment Myths

49. Dev Interview Process
Online Test
F2F Tech
Interview
Live Coding
Test
Managerial
Interview
Cultural Fit
Interview
Offer
Application

50. Dev Manager Interview
Process
Online Test
F2F Tech
Interview
Soft Skills &
Process Int.
Syd PM+DM
Interview
GM
Interview
Offer
Application

51. Product Manger
Interview Process
Screening
Questionnaire
F2F Initial
Interview
PM Interview
PM + DM
Interview
GM
Interview
Offer
Application

52. Spartez doesn't bother
about soft skills, which
are so important
M
yth

53. Spartez asks many
stupid or irrelevant
questions during the
interview
M
yth

54. Spartez destroys
candidates during the
interview
M
yth*

55. Spartez proposes to
everyone way too low
positions
M
yth

56. Spartez does hire
women (hate?
complex?)
M
yth

57. Spartez recruitment
process is very long
H
appens

58. Spartez hires only
students
M
yth

59. Spartez rejects
everyone - hiring needs
are fake
M
yth

60. Spartez prefers only
very experienced (old)
folks for more senior
positions
M
yth

61. Spartez doesn't read CVs.
Spartez automatically
rejects candidates.
M
yth

62. Spartez offers lower
salary than advertised
bands.
M
yth

63. Your turn!

64. Special guests
• Graham Carrick
• Andrew Semple

65. Thank you
Have a good time this evening at Spartez!