Valeria Gonzalez Cavazos’ Post

Chasing the top 1% of engineering talent? Rethink that strategy! 🚀 What you truly need are product-minded engineers who can swiftly prototype using off-the-shelf tools. Imagine the power of a team that can adapt, iterate, and evolve at lightning speed. Why is this crucial? In today's fast-paced market, speed and adaptability often outshine sheer raw talent. It's not just about who’s the best on paper, but who can bring innovative ideas to life rapidly. Picture this: a project that demands immediate pivoting. Would you prefer a genius stuck in analysis or a sharp, adaptable engineer who gets things done? Let's build smarter, not harder. Embrace a new mindset for hiring. 💪

Saw a post today that hit a nerve, it painted #Hiring & #Recruitemnt in general in a bleak light. 😑 Here’s the thing: hiring is an engineering skill. Yes, we work with both data and syntax. I’m on a mission to uplift and rejuvenate this business, like Apple did when they turned things around. Watch this space. It’s ON like Donkey Kong. 🎮 #Hiring #GenAIandNoCode #LetsDoThis

High standards and low expectations. One of Jensen Huang's (founder of NVIDIA) keys to success that he shared in an interview a few weeks ago. It got me thinking about my time running fulfillment and distribution operations. Success was elusive early on because I had low resilience. I had high expectations because I was used to things working in my favor with a high expectation for great results. This led to me accepting lower standards to get the necessary results. A slippery slope. I eventually got it figured out and turned this around during my time with Amazon. But it was a crucial lesson. This is why I am a big proponent of hiring for fit vs. hiring for potential or past accolades. Having resilience and understanding failure is critical in an operational setting where there are so many uncontrollable variables. Having a high level of resilience and an ability to set a firm vision and keep high standards while planning to mitigate failures is key to success. #operations #operationsmanagement #hiring #ecommercefulfillment #warehouse #warehouseoperations #operationalexcellence ------------ H/T Robert Glazer for provoking the thought in the Friday Forward email this morning.

The Secret to Success? Hiring the Best. Steve Jobs famously attributed Apple's success to their relentless pursuit of top talent. At Bahia AI, we couldn't agree more. Building a high-performing team starts with attracting and recruiting the best people in the field. That's where our AI-powered talent sourcing comes in. Don't cheap out on hiring the best people. Their talent and dedication will shape your company's success for years to come. #hiring #talentacquisition #recruitmentAI #AI #talentmanagement #businesssuccess

Communication is not about talking excessively or speaking for the sake of being heard. It's about striking a balance between sharing your thoughts and actively listening. There's a sharp contrast between overcommunication and effective communication. True leaders possess the ability and patience to listen more, speak less. It's not about filling every silence but about making every word count. Refer: Amazon example of sending delivery alerts to customers every 2 hours just to maintain communication-but at the end it frustrated users. #Hiring is an art, and not everyone is good at it.

Aspiring Technical Program Managers, listen up! 👂 Deepti, a seasoned TPM at Amazon, shares invaluable insights to ace your Amazon interview. 🎯 🌟 Preparation is key: Be ready to dive deep into past projects, approach hypotheticals, and think out loud about your decision-making process. 🧠 Showcase your technical depth: Demonstrate expertise in distributed systems, APIs, databases, microservices, and articulate technical designs through Q&A and whiteboarding. 💼 Flaunt your business acumen: Highlight your experience working with engineering teams, stakeholders, resolving conflicts, and facilitating technical trade-offs. 🚀 Customer obsession is at Amazon's core: Explain how you've represented the voice of customers and delivered impactful results. Deepti's advice will help you feel confident and set you up for success in the Amazon TPM interview process. Best of luck! 🍀 #TechnicalProgramManager #AmazonCareers #TechInterviews #SystemDesign #BusinessAcumen #CrossFunctionalCollaboration #ProductManagement #SoftwareEngineering #TechLeadership #CareerGrowth #Hiring Interested in Applying? Here is a fantastic opportunity to explore - bit.ly/3APvtQs

I know it may be hard to hear but just because someone held the title of manager for 2-3 years, that does not mean they forgot how to design, architecture, or code. It just means they had to grow, hire, and coach a team of people while doing some of their "old" job, too. The hiring market has made a tremendous shift from wanting senior people to "manage and grow a team" to "design and build a platform." Ex-managers often have a keen understanding of what might be happening behind closed doors. They have been in those high stakes conversations regarding technical strategy of a platform. They know how to navigate the people side and use that to accelerate the technical side. Don't look at this group and think "oh, they haven't ridden a bike in a few years, they've totally forgotten it." If you look at someone with 10+ years experience as an individual contributor and think they can't do it again, that's pretty short sighted of you. If you're a hiring manager who is still looking at or doing code reviews, do you really think they weren't either? This is a rant and I'm sorry. I just spoke to someone who wants to go back to an IC role, has spent 50% of their time coding, and is hitting a brick wall. It's mind boggling. #hiring #tech #recruitment

I can attest to the caliber of this group of individuals.

Aspiring Technical Program Managers, listen up! 👂 Deepti, a seasoned TPM at Amazon, shares invaluable insights to ace your Amazon interview. 🎯 🌟 Preparation is key: Be ready to dive deep into past projects, approach hypotheticals, and think out loud about your decision-making process. 🧠 Showcase your technical depth: Demonstrate expertise in distributed systems, APIs, databases, microservices, and articulate technical designs through Q&A and whiteboarding. 💼 Flaunt your business acumen: Highlight your experience working with engineering teams, stakeholders, resolving conflicts, and facilitating technical trade-offs. 🚀 Customer obsession is at Amazon's core: Explain how you've represented the voice of customers and delivered impactful results. Deepti's advice will help you feel confident and set you up for success in the Amazon TPM interview process. Best of luck! 🍀 #TechnicalProgramManager #AmazonCareers #TechInterviews #SystemDesign #BusinessAcumen #CrossFunctionalCollaboration #ProductManagement #SoftwareEngineering #TechLeadership #CareerGrowth #Hiring Interested in Applying? Here is a fantastic opportunity to explore - bit.ly/3APvtQs