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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Joe Goldberg

my story (So far)

Seattle

Born and raised in

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Urban Farmer

Dad

(Nerdiness runs in the family)

UW informatics

Where I learned to put the customer first

Like you, I don't have a degree in CS. Mine's a bit closer though. We learned to but the user first, and also that there's more to success than coding.

Amazon.com

Where I learned about Software Engineering at scale

Amazon photo from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wonderlane/4889569764/

Created this

the highest-converting feature ever?

I don't usually toot my own horn, but...

Other startups

Where I caught "entrepreneurship" fever

Amazon was my first and last big company experience.

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Jobster

We tried (and failed) to kill Monster & CraigsList

That was the view from my desk

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Skytap

Virtualization

Unlike AWS, with our software you get a GUI into the virtual machine.

The company is still alive and growing.

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Robot Co-op

43 Things

We built social sites that made money with Google Ads.

Amazon bought us and my career came full circle.

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EnergySavvy

You should intern here

[explain how i got to energysavvy. "dichotomy between fun and discipline"]

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We prevent these

Explain value prop

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How we roll

What to expect if you intern at EnergySavvy

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We love Adies

We have two from cohort 0

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We love learning

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And puns

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Make Mistakes

They're expected, respected, inspected, and corrected

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Leaders...

Enable
Support
Resolve
Help you become the best

It's 50/50 direct mediation and guidance. e.g with goal-setting.

I'll invest time, money, whatever it takes to help everyone on the team be the best at what they do.

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Small batches

Fail fast, learn quickly, repeat

We make mistakes, and with small batches the damage is always contained. That's why we "ask forgiveness instead of permission"

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Run toward problems

Literally, if possible. The sign that a problem is to be run towards, is when you get that lump in your throat or your stomach turns. Don't let it stagnate, it'll only get worse.

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