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Kevin Hurley

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Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E3: Kevin Hurley, Lightspark

It might sound kind of cliche, but actually our primary hiring criteria is just, are they good human beings? Are they people that are willing to work together, be super collaborative, and just want to build great products?

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E3: Kevin Hurley, Lightspark

It might sound kind of cliche, but actually our primary hiring criteria is just, are they good human beings? Are they people that are willing to work together, be super collaborative, and just want to build great products?

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E3: Kevin Hurley, Lightspark

I think everyone has probably worked with people in the past that just want to prove they're the smartest person in the room and they want to win every argument just for the sake of winning an argument. And we're very much biased against those types of people. We want people that will get in the room, will whiteboard together, and then it's time to go build something quickly.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E3: Kevin Hurley, Lightspark

I think everyone has probably worked with people in the past that just want to prove they're the smartest person in the room and they want to win every argument just for the sake of winning an argument. And we're very much biased against those types of people. We want people that will get in the room, will whiteboard together, and then it's time to go build something quickly.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E3: Kevin Hurley, Lightspark

I think everyone has probably worked with people in the past that just want to prove they're the smartest person in the room and they want to win every argument just for the sake of winning an argument. And we're very much biased against those types of people. We want people that will get in the room, will whiteboard together, and then it's time to go build something quickly.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E3: Kevin Hurley, Lightspark

We don't want to spend two weeks arguing on something that'll take a week to build. Obviously, if we're wrong, we want to be able to revert and move quickly in the other direction. But we want to work collaboratively, be really open and transparent about what we're doing. And we also want people that are obviously extremely skilled at what they do, and they can be pretty flexible.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E3: Kevin Hurley, Lightspark

We don't want to spend two weeks arguing on something that'll take a week to build. Obviously, if we're wrong, we want to be able to revert and move quickly in the other direction. But we want to work collaboratively, be really open and transparent about what we're doing. And we also want people that are obviously extremely skilled at what they do, and they can be pretty flexible.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E3: Kevin Hurley, Lightspark

We don't want to spend two weeks arguing on something that'll take a week to build. Obviously, if we're wrong, we want to be able to revert and move quickly in the other direction. But we want to work collaboratively, be really open and transparent about what we're doing. And we also want people that are obviously extremely skilled at what they do, and they can be pretty flexible.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E3: Kevin Hurley, Lightspark

We are a startup, so there's going to be hot areas that come up and fires that come up where we need folks to jump in on things and pitch in. So we want people to be willing to jump across the stack and help each other out when the time comes.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E3: Kevin Hurley, Lightspark

We are a startup, so there's going to be hot areas that come up and fires that come up where we need folks to jump in on things and pitch in. So we want people to be willing to jump across the stack and help each other out when the time comes.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E3: Kevin Hurley, Lightspark

We are a startup, so there's going to be hot areas that come up and fires that come up where we need folks to jump in on things and pitch in. So we want people to be willing to jump across the stack and help each other out when the time comes.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E3: Kevin Hurley, Lightspark

Obviously, we try to keep our roadmap relatively consistent, but we're going to have things that will pop up and we'll change the roadmap and we need to be willing to kind of jump around and move to whatever we need to. We also try to be as lean as possible.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E3: Kevin Hurley, Lightspark

Obviously, we try to keep our roadmap relatively consistent, but we're going to have things that will pop up and we'll change the roadmap and we need to be willing to kind of jump around and move to whatever we need to. We also try to be as lean as possible.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E3: Kevin Hurley, Lightspark

Obviously, we try to keep our roadmap relatively consistent, but we're going to have things that will pop up and we'll change the roadmap and we need to be willing to kind of jump around and move to whatever we need to. We also try to be as lean as possible.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E3: Kevin Hurley, Lightspark

We typically only hire when we're feeling a little bit of pain and really have a very clear plan for where we're going to use people going forward. And one of my first jobs, I felt like I was bored all the time. And I just sat around reading the articles on the internet and going for walks in the office. And I always wished I had more work and I would beg people for work.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E3: Kevin Hurley, Lightspark

We typically only hire when we're feeling a little bit of pain and really have a very clear plan for where we're going to use people going forward. And one of my first jobs, I felt like I was bored all the time. And I just sat around reading the articles on the internet and going for walks in the office. And I always wished I had more work and I would beg people for work.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E3: Kevin Hurley, Lightspark

We typically only hire when we're feeling a little bit of pain and really have a very clear plan for where we're going to use people going forward. And one of my first jobs, I felt like I was bored all the time. And I just sat around reading the articles on the internet and going for walks in the office. And I always wished I had more work and I would beg people for work.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E3: Kevin Hurley, Lightspark

And that's a feeling I never want anyone to have. And no one should ever have that at a startup like we are. But I think we want people to be busy and enjoy what they're doing and be passionate about what they're working on. I think if people are doing things that they enjoy and find interesting, they're going to do better, work harder, and we want people to really enjoy what they're doing.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E3: Kevin Hurley, Lightspark

And that's a feeling I never want anyone to have. And no one should ever have that at a startup like we are. But I think we want people to be busy and enjoy what they're doing and be passionate about what they're working on. I think if people are doing things that they enjoy and find interesting, they're going to do better, work harder, and we want people to really enjoy what they're doing.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E3: Kevin Hurley, Lightspark

And that's a feeling I never want anyone to have. And no one should ever have that at a startup like we are. But I think we want people to be busy and enjoy what they're doing and be passionate about what they're working on. I think if people are doing things that they enjoy and find interesting, they're going to do better, work harder, and we want people to really enjoy what they're doing.