Season 2, Ep. 5 – From line items to large-scale ideas, inside our wild ride to profitability
When we started, there wasn’t even an official payroll. With budgets and ideas in balance, we take a look at how Gun.io thinks about profitability. In this episode, we sit down with the VP of Operations, Tyler Newkirk, to hear how we made sustainable growth a priority and what it takes to stay above water […]
Season 2, Ep. 4 – What do you get when you marry copywriting and coding? Gun.io’s Content Lead, Abbey Charles
When it comes to words, she’s got a lot of them. In the first team interview of the new season, we talk to the Content Lead, Abbey Charles, about writing, software development, and how you can find your own niche in the tech world.
Season 2, Ep. 3 – How we think about sales hiring
Sometimes being a part of a sales team can feel akin to being in the desert on a broken bike six miles from the trailhead when it’s 115 degrees out, trying not to panic. And how do you hire for that kind of heat? This week we sit down with our VP of Revenue, Ben […]
Season 2, Ep. 2 – Our first foray into fundraising
What startup says “no” to funding for almost an entire decade? One that’s either totally crazy or incredibly astute. Maybe we’re a little of both? Hot off the heels of our Series A raise, we talked to our CEO, Teja Yenamandra, and COO, Tyler Newkirk, about the decision to bootstrap for so long, and how, […]
Season 2, Ep. 1 – From the beginning
What happens when an idea to hook your friends up with jobs becomes a multi-million dollar talent agency operating on a global scale? In the opener to season 2 of the Frontier Podcast, you’ll learn from Gun.io’s founder and CEO, Teja Yenamandra, exactly how he made it happen.
Three years on the Inc 5000 list
What does it take to grow consistently enough to wind up on the prestigious Inc 5000 list three years in a row? Let us show you.
How we ran virtual workshops (that worked)
We made key business decisions in virtual workshops, and all it took was a little preparation. One refrain I hear over and over from remote leaders—voices in my own head included—is that nothing beats in-person white-boarding. When it comes to brainstorming sessions and real-time collaboration, the available tools for remote work seem to fall short.
The latest from Gun.io: a better alternative to job posts
Can you believe that there’s a better alternative to job posts? Our latest update makes it easier for hirers to share their vision for a perfect candidate. We’ve spent the last ten years building the best hiring experience in the world for software developers. We believe that teams who can quickly onboard the right talent […]
Our take on rate setting
Developers often ask our advice on pricing themselves. It makes sense: we facilitate hundreds of hires each year and are responsible for negotiating each of those engagements, so yes, we talk about rates and salaries a lot. As a job seeker, there’s tension between underpricing yourself and disqualifying yourself with a sky-high rate. It’s impossible […]
How we shorten our hiring cycle by weeks
It’s no secret that this hiring market is brutal. While we’re all working double time to recruit and hire great talent no matter our job title, the ones bearing the brunt of it are recruiters—particularly technical recruiters. Luckily, we can help shorten your hiring cycle to get your team growing fast.
Why is hiring people so hard on LinkedIn?
It might seem odd that I used LinkedIn Jobs to make a recent hire. After all, it’s my job to grow Gun.io, a hiring platform that seeks to outpace LI (and all other hiring platforms, for that matter). The thing is, we operate exclusively in the software development space, and I was tasked with making […]