I'm hiring a Staff Software Engineer to work on my team, - we haven't had many applicants, so I want to get the word out.

If you like my toots abt software & business, this is also what I bring to the work I do for my team. My peer managers and I are all trying to make this place one that we would have wanted to work in when we were coming up.

It's posted as "hybrid", but our team operates remote-first, & so does much of the dept. *US only.* Check it out, please boost!

https://lnkd.in/g9d6pSDG

Generac hiring Staff Software Development Engineer-Fleet Applications in Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States | LinkedIn

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@cammerman hi Chris. Any particular languages you’re looking at? The post mentions Vue, Angular, C, Java and more.
@sarah The system is primarily C#, Javascript, and some SQL. We're open to background in similar languages. The architecture (single-page apps and distributed systems), quality practices, and team mentorship stuff are the really important parts. Languages are easy to learn, that stuff is the hard stuff.

@cammerman you’re absolutely right about the hard stuff being those things over languages.

Is the LinkedIn post the easiest way for people to get a resume in front of you?

@sarah Yes, that link is the preferred way to get resumes to me.
@cammerman K, looking forward to chatting with you sometime.
@cammerman please tell me you have an amazing backup generator setup at your house for working there. 🤓

@digitalbush @cammerman If he doesn't he just needs to let his bosses know he can't work from home during a power outage and they have the ability to solve that problem!

Generac seems like it'd be a pretty cool place to hack, tbh.

@cammerman hey Chris! Remote-first in the US only?
@N1N Yes, US only, unfortunately. I'll add that to my first toot.
@cammerman might want to tag with #FediHire to get it out there
@cammerman My actual resume is a dumpsterfire and needs lots of editing. But, I'd love to work in an org like this.

@mdarweesh Sounds like you should clean it up and apply. :)

Being a big company, all applications have to go through our recruiting team, which the LinkedIn "easy apply" button will do.

@cammerman

@mdarweesh

there's no salary posted that I can see, that might help the number of applicants

@ant @cammerman @mdarweesh seconded! Even though pay is (IMO) one of the least interesting aspects of a JD, it's one of the first things I look for. Obviously the actual number tells me whether it's worth spending time on, but more importantly, the fact that it's there is also a useful signal: Is it a single number? If it's a range, is the range ludicrously wide? If so, is there an explanation? And so on... :)

@geeksam @ant @mdarweesh

Fully understand. And not publishing one likely excludes us from hiring in certain locations as well. Unfortunately, it's not something I have the power to do anything about in this case.

@cammerman @ant @mdarweesh ...which is also a valuable signal: that an org has become so bureaucratic that nobody is empowered to make sensible changes. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@cammerman @ant @mdarweesh ...which sounds judgmental (and it kind of is), but I should clarify that it's a personal one. I see a tradeoff between "we're only 50 people; we can organize ourselves in whatever way makes sense" and "we're 5,000 people; we can take on projects your dinky operation couldn't dream of, but There Will Be A Change Control Process to manage it."

I lean towards the former, and I'm glad I know that about myself. You do you. :)

@geeksam @ant @mdarweesh Yep, we are a 10,000 person company and I just manage a puny 7 people.
@cammerman I want to look but LinkedIn wont show it, says requires login. a public-readable post would get more eyeballs and better privacy for users
Staff Software Development Engineer-Fleet Applications

At Generac, our people help make the world safer, brighter, and more productive. We are united by our efforts to inspire change for a better world; impact our people and community; influence and...

@cammerman ok thanks!

@cammerman k read it.

would you mind giving me an email address so I can email you a few questions?