The Anatomy of A New Hire
It’s no secret: Silicon Valley is one of, if not the most, competitive places to find talent. Tech companies are always looking to hire, but finding the right person for the job is a challenge. In our...
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2011 Q3: Software Engineering Salaries in Silicon Valley
We took a look at the placement data that we gathered from the third quarter of 2011 and compared it to data we previously ran from the quarter before regarding engineering salaries. While our findings...
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2011 Q1-4: Software Engineering Salaries in Silicon Valley
Our latest installment of engineering salaries explores not only Q4 data from last year, but also compares key data points across the 2011 calendar year – we’ve summarized the most compelling data...
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2012 Q1: Software Engineering Salaries in Silicon Valley
With a constant eye on the technical talent market, we have compiled our latest engineering salaries from Q1 data in 2012. As a measure of comparison, we have also included some of our previous data...
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2012 Q2: Software Engineering Salaries in Silicon Valley
We are happy to present our latest engineering salaries from the second quarter of 2012. After reviewing data from our database, we have compiled the latest numbers and put them together with some...
View Article‘Boomerang’ Workers Find Grass at Startups Not Always Greener
Founding and Managing Partner at Riviera, Michael A. Morell, recently was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article discussing “boomerang” workers—those who have returned to their old employers after...
View ArticleEngineering Candidates Aren’t Sold – They Buy
As a startup company, you are in a war for talent and recognize how vital it is to attract top caliber talent to your team. You also are probably adept at extolling the perks of working at your company...
View ArticleTeamwork Makes the Dream Work, Baby
Steve Jobs is generally known for creating fantastic things. So, as usual, Steve pretty much said it best: “Recruiting usually requires more than you alone can do, so I’ve found that collaborative...
View ArticleIt’s A Courtship, Not A Gauntlet
Every startup knows how important it is to hire great talent. We have countless clients who are obsessed with how to rigorously evaluate engineering candidates, whether it be brainteasers, code...
View ArticleShould I Hire for Today—Or Tomorrow?
Selecting and hiring talent in today’s market is perhaps the most critical success-factor for growth companies. Yet these organizations face a dilemma: Should they acquire talent to address today’s...
View ArticleHiring A Key Executive – Tips For The Hands-On CEO
Ali Behnam recently shared a few thoughts with Young Upstarts, a site covering small businesses, start-ups and entrepreneurism, discussing the significance that CEO’s play when it comes to landing...
View ArticleScale Venture Partners – Scaling Talent: Time to Hire?
Entrepreneurs today face a variety of difficult challenges when trying to breathe new life into their startup endeavors – at the top of that list is the ability to find and secure talent at the...
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2011 Q3: Software Engineering Salaries in Silicon Valley
We took a look at the placement data that we gathered from the third quarter of 2011 and compared it to data we previously ran from the quarter before regarding engineering salaries. While our findings...
View ArticleFirst Round Capital – Riviera’s Founders Share Leadership Hiring Insight
Riviera’s founders Ali Behnam and Michael Morell spent some time with our friends at First Round Capital and discussed what goes on behind the scenes during an executive search for technical...
View ArticleDice – In Tech, ‘Age’ Is About ‘Experience’
There has been a good amount of buzz surrounding our recent venture to help strengthen the engineering ecosystem, and Dice spoke with COO John Simonelli to learn a bit more. In doing so, they spoke on...
View ArticleThe Accelerators – Winning the Talent War
In this week’s The Accelerators blog column of the Wall Street Journal, guest mentors were sharing their thoughts about where to find the best talent – at home or abroad. Riviera Co-Founder Michael A....
View ArticleInformationWeek – How To Land Your First IT Job
Hiring in the technology sector is booming – engineering salaries continue to rise and the demand for talent has never been higher. With so much buzz around these highly coveted jobs, there is a...
View ArticlePandoDaily – Job Recruiting in Silicon Valley is Broken
As highlighted earlier in the announcement of our partnership with CodePath, our COO John Simonelli spoke with Carmel DiAmicis over the weekend to discuss our motivation for doing so. In a candid...
View ArticleWomen 2.0 – 3 Tips to Attract Engineering Talent
Finding engineering talent to help build your startup is a daunting task. With competition seemingly around every corner, it is important for growing startups to identify their scaling needs and act...
View ArticleReuters – Twitter pays engineer $10 million as Silicon Valley tussles for talent
Partner Iain Grant recently spoke with Sarah McBride of Thomson Reuters to discuss some of the challenges that companies face when trying to hire engineering talent — from software engineers to VP...
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