From Draft Picks To Free Agents: Building A Winning Engineering Team

The legend of the Senior Engineer describes engineers so experienced, that they contribute as much as 10 junior ones. While these senior engineers have definitely been spotted in the wild, hiring senior is not always the best course of action.

In this talk we'll examine the principal that guide the building of sports team, and apply those to engineering teams. We'll debate on topics such when to hire senior, when to hire junior, and when it doesn't matter.

About On Freund

On Freund Heads the European and Asian markets at WeWork Labs, WeWork's program for early stage startup. Prior to that he was VP Product and VP Engineering at WeWork, and VP Engineering at Handy. On is also an angel investor and advisor to startups.

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