Archive for the ‘careers’ Category

The Second Most Scarce Human Capital Resource in Silicon Valley

TweetEveryone in the tech space seems to complain that great engineering talent (regardless of specialty) is the single most difficult human capital resource to find in Silicon Valley. Even before Google was gobbling up engineers, the general sentiment I heard was that hiring great engineers who fit a company’s culture is a really hard (and [...]

Social Networking Experiment

TweetSo I recently started a new job at Google working in business development. As a new person, I am trying to get to know as many folks over here as I can. How can you help? Well, if you work at Google and are reading this, send me an email and tell me where you [...]

MBAs and Tech – A Lagging Indicator?

TweetThere was an article on CNet about the increase in MBAs coming back out to Silicon Valley to look for jobs with start-up as well as established technology companies. When I graduated from business school, one of my mentors told me that “MBA interest in a career path is a lagging indicator” and generally a [...]