I have been interviewing potential candidates quite a bit lately. Interviewing over Skype? Check. Impromptu interview with zero prep time? Today check. Having fun because I love interviewing? Double check.

Ive always wanted to interview potential candidates at previous jobs had by attempting and failing to try and coax managers into letting me. Managers I have had usually lump people in categories based on things like age or years of accomplishing certain tasks not immediately related to interviewing. For instance someone may well have worked as a developer at a company for many years and be very good at it but that doesn’t mean they are good at interviewing or actually want to. As if length of stay predetermines you to be good at a given task?  Which is part of the reason I love my job at neutralspace so much.   They don’t have that philosophy at all.  Its the difference between rewards results OR rewarding position/perception.

Ill talk more about it in the days to come, but  know for now that I have been interviewing canidates quite a bit and it has been fun.  Iits not all roses and candy though… I am in the thick of development and since I am now the only developer we have(long story but ends well) its hard to juggle interviews, admin tasks and hacking out our product.  We have some new people in the pipe but that sort of thing doesn’t move as fast as it should.

Building something is exciting when you care about it quite a bit.  I have never cared about a company as much as I care about neutralspace.  I have also really never had a CEO of a company earn my respect and loyalty before.  Respect and admiration is something that is earned and I have never admired a CEO this much.  I also am working alongside our project manager and he is also a great guy that I work really well with too.  I also work with other amazing people, perhaps some day ill write a bit about them all here.

So I guess all that to say… I really love where I am at and I am enjoying working with people I trust and respect.  They really seem to feel the same way about me so its a really great feeling and work environment.