Current CTO exploring entrepreneurship on the side; coach; mentor; instructor.
Dedicated to promoting digital literacy and ideological diversity in tech.
People skills are the most important thing I look for. Coming out of university, I'm expecting your actual development skills to be pretty close to zero (this is a just a personal way for me to set clear expectations and not meant to be derisive).
The most important things I look for are problem solving methodologies and your ability to work independently.
For the first little while, I don't really care how long it takes you to solve a problem, no matter how small. What I want to see is you taking steps to actually solve it, even if those steps are wrong.
If you spend a day working on a problem UT not solving it, you're already in my good graces. From there, we look to bring you up to where you need to be to fill those gaps together.
What I mostly want to avoid is someone sitting there doing nothing because they don't know what to do, or constantly badgering other members of the team without putting any work in themselves.
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People skills are the most important thing I look for. Coming out of university, I'm expecting your actual development skills to be pretty close to zero (this is a just a personal way for me to set clear expectations and not meant to be derisive).
The most important things I look for are problem solving methodologies and your ability to work independently.
For the first little while, I don't really care how long it takes you to solve a problem, no matter how small. What I want to see is you taking steps to actually solve it, even if those steps are wrong.
If you spend a day working on a problem UT not solving it, you're already in my good graces. From there, we look to bring you up to where you need to be to fill those gaps together.
What I mostly want to avoid is someone sitting there doing nothing because they don't know what to do, or constantly badgering other members of the team without putting any work in themselves.
Great answer.