Quickie: Poll (Senior Tech Hires)
What would you say are the main attributes that organisations look for in VP Engineering, Head of Software Engineering, Software Development Director, etc., candidates? (Please answer via comments, below).
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Who they’ve worked for in the past – I think you’ve referred to it as “celebrity executive recruitment”?
It really depends on the phase of growth the company is going through. I’ve seen companies looking for these roles just to fuel a hyper-growth phase and I’ve seen companies looking for a senior coder. I’ve seen companies looking for a whip and I’ve seen companies just wanting to tame the craze that comes with their setup. I guess it’s all over the place.
Last I saw: someone really good to do the talk with all the buzzwords with the devs, but promptly ready to follow dogmatically any order from the C-levels, no matter what.