A catch phrase will go here soon.

10-12 years of experience

1/5/2007

I’ve got a new strategy when looking for folks to work on our projects: 10-12 years experience. I’ve become obsessed with looking for folks on LinkedIn who were working on the Web in 1995/96 AND WHO ARE STILL WORKING ON THE WEB.

It’s great… I’ve had a half dozen meetings in the new year with folks in this profile and it is amazing to see how well these folks think about problems when compared to folks who’ve been doing AJAX for three years.

Now, I’m not saying you shouldn’t hire someone with less than 10 years of web-experience… but it’s a great place to start looking. It’s also funny to write a classified that says “10 years web design experience required.”

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Hello, my name is Jason. Welcome to my blog on the interwebs. You can reach me on twitter @jason and by email at jason@calacanis.com. My Skype is jasoncalacanis, and my mobile phone is 310-456-4900.

I only pick up numbers I recognize, and in terms of emailing me, the best strategy is to write short, blunt and to the point requests. I can quickly respond to short messages, and many times I simply don't have the time to read five page pitches. In terms of taking meetings, I only do that after reviewing an actual product (not a business plan). So, the best time to ping me is when you have mockups or an alpha site. I don't read business plans, and I've never written one.

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