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new hire | |
February 08th, 2024 | |
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This week I hired a second guy for my team. The company is now | |
about 30 full time employees so it was time to have a second | |
person in the tech department. I got really lucky. I've got some | |
really awesome guys that help us out with contract work but | |
they're happy with that setup. They have full time gigs that leave | |
them some room to dabble, so freelance brings in a sweet bonus. If | |
they came on full time they'd be eating their own bonus money. No | |
me gusta. | |
Lucky for me I got a note from a fabulous person I used to work | |
with way back when I lived in Atlanta. He was stuck between jobs | |
and struggling and was looking for some contract help. I was more | |
than happy to do that. Once we started working together I realized | |
he was looking for a full time position still, had a fantastic set | |
of skills that could help us, and I already knew he was grade-A | |
awesome. We worked the numbers and stars aligned and he started | |
full time with us this past Monday. | |
Already it's been wonderful and he's still just beginning to come | |
up to speed on all the various ins and outs of our architecture | |
for all our different clients. He's inquisitive and approachable | |
and all the rest of the company is excited to work with him. I'm | |
overjoyed. | |
We last worked together in 2008. Now we're on the team again after | |
all this time. I guess if there's a lesson to share with you all | |
about this it's that you should strive to always be awesome | |
humans. Maybe it'll land you a job 16 years later! |