What do we want? Code Monkey

When do we want it? Banana

Recruiting Penn Engineersv0.3

"Sweet, I'll just shoot out an email. People would be crazy not to want to work on this."

...is this anybody here?

we get a lot of these

so now there's a tumblr for that

and it became a very minor meme

70%[go into finance]

*slides written at 5:30 AM and might be completely false

most students from Wharton and Engineering end up there

Working together works.

let's be friends!

Who are CS students anyway?

In an ideal world... / your competition

* not based on any quantitative research whatsoever

Computer Science is Hard :(

Warning: • Bullet Points Ahead

Freelancers vs Students

• "12 years of RoR required"

• project has a direction and needs execution

• +/-40hrs/week

• "Ruby sound fun!"• experimenting,

trying things out• it depends

How to find us (Broad to Narrow)

• Penn CIS list-serv & Jackie Caliman

• PennLaunch• Events: Penn Startup Connect &

Startup Speed Dating• Professors• Networking• TEC/Prof. Tom Cassel

What do we want?

• Learning Experience / Mentorship• Culture Fit• Reasonable amount of flexibility• Pay• Cool Project

Pet Peeves

• Compensation can be discussed later• Need proficiency in C, C++ and Java• My idea is so secret even I don't know it• "How long will this take/how much will this

cost?"• I can handel all of the markting n you focus on

code• Please read the following 20 pages.• Can't decide if you want an employee or a

partner• Web 3.0 Social Networking Startup

Doing it right

• be brief• be friendly• be honest• explain your value proposition• make an offer

Offer & Salaries

Your competition:• Part-time, during school year:

$15/hour + • Summer: $5k/month +

Resumes | Signs of a top student

• TA-ing experience• Masters in 4 or 4.5 years• Competitive past internships• Excitement about CS: Functional

Languages, Design Patterns, etc...• Projects: "what do you do outside of

class?"• People who run things.

That's it!

• Shameless blog plug: alexeymk.com

Looking for engineers from:• Drexel? www.drexel.edu/scdc• Penn? pennstudentdesign.com• Philly? <still looking for a decent job board>

Questions?