hanging out in the spotify lounge

Last Thursday, I played hookie and skipped my last day of class to attend a startup recruiting event in NYC. Sponsored by some of the hottest startups in the city (i.e. Spotify), Uncubed brought together 80+ startups and 1000+ job-seekers for an afternoon of networking and info exchange. Oh the nerd-sanity!

BB Summer Ale... so tasty after 5 hours of elevator pitching

I had no idea what to expect going into the event. In fact, I haven’t been to a real job fair since coming to bschool so I felt woefully under prepared. At the end of the day though, I felt pretty good about my new prospects and was very thirsty for a beer.

a meat market for nerds

What I learned…

• If you haven’t heard about it yet, there is a major supply shortage of good programmers… If only I enjoyed programming more
• It almost feels like 1999
• I miss the speed and energy of working for a startup
• Having development/software engineer background + business skills ain’t too shabby
• I wasted too much time working on my LComm elevator pitch. Never will I ever use that pitch
• I’m only knocking on the front door, but it looks like NYC has a great tech startup scene
• Did every other founder attend either Harvard, Wharton, Stanford, Columbia or MIT?
• Brooklyn Brewery Summer Ale…. I need you
• Glad I made the trip, can’t wait to live in NYC