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Building a World Class (Clojure) Team
Rebecca Kinsella, Technical Talent Partner at Funding Circle
Overview
• A little background
• Know your obstacles
• Build your brand
• Extend your reach
• Cultivate a lasting community
• Keep it up!
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A little background
Our team fall 2015
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0Domain-based engineering teams within
Funding Circle using Clojure
250+Employees in 2 offices
4Engineers at Funding Circle
working with Clojure
2Operating countries:
UK & US
Our team today
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3Domain-based engineering teams within
Funding Circle using Clojure
750+Employees in 6 offices plus remote
64Engineers at Funding Circle
working with Clojure
4Operating countries: UK, US, Germany,
Netherlands
Know your obstacles
“Hiring software engineers in the number one
thing that keeps me awake at night…
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Anonymous
Kirkpatrick, Jessica. (2017). 2017 State of Global Tech Salaries. https://hired.com/state-of-salaries-2017 8
Kirkpatrick, Jessica. (2017). 2017 State of Global Tech Salaries. https://hired.com/state-of-salaries-2017 9
Build your brand
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Build your brand Slack
Groups
Meetups Conferences
YouTube
Blogs
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Running a successful Clojure meetup
Attend Clojure conferences• Bring your team! • Bring your branded swag!• Show up year-after-year!
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Extend your reach
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Flexible work and location is key
Working from home
Flexible working hours
Contracting Satellite offices Remote Work
Offer remote opportunities whenever possible
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Cultivate a lasting community
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Solve interesting problems
Inspire a culture of learning & development
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Hire for diversity
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Stay true to…
Mission
ValuesVision
Keep it up!
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It’s a cycle!
Brand
Engage
RecruitCultivate
Retain
Thank you
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Becca Kinsella
Technical Talent Partner [email protected] Front St. 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111