Episode 110: Team Spirit and Half-hearted Recruiting
Soft Skills Engineering · Jamison Dance and Dave Smith
June 4, 201827m 12s
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Show Notes
<p>In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:</p>
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<li>How do I help foster team spirit in a newly created team?</li>
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<p>I work for small startup (fewer than 10 people). My boss wants to hire another developer and asked me to look around for people.</p>
<p>I don’t feel particularly strongly about this team. I’ve been there for about a year, but I don’t imagine myself working there for another twelve months.</p>
<p>I don’t want to refer my friends because I don’t want them to join a team I don’t feel good about.</p>
<p>On the other hand, I want to work with great people. I see how other devs may enjoy working in such an environment, but it’s just not for me.</p>
<p>In the long run, I obviously want to leave this job, but what would you recommend doing in short term? Is hiring under such circumstances really that different than hiring if I liked this team?</p>
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