How the Future of Hiring is Changing by Aditya Agarwal, Osman (Ozzie) Osman
Due to the events of 2020, many companies and hiring managers have found themselves having to adapt to changes in the hiring landscape. Which changes are permanent, and which might be temporary? Which hiring principles and techniques are timeless, and which ones should hiring managers re-think? Ozzie will interview Aditya about which of the tactics he applied to scale teams he led at Facebook and as CTO of Dropbox still apply, and what advice he gives the founders he currently mentors. Ozzie and Aditya collaborated on writing the Holloway Guide to Technical Recruiting and Hiring.
Aditya Agarwal
Aditya Agarwal is a Partner-in-Residence at South Park Commons - a collective of technologists, tinkerers, and entrepreneurs who have come together to freely learn, explore new ideas, and help each other launch their next venture. He is also a partner at Iconiq Capital, a growth stage venture firm. Prior to SPC and Iconiq, Aditya was the CTO and VP of Engineering at Dropbox. He scaled the Engineering team from 25 to 1000 and was responsible for new product development, infrastructure and technical operations. Aditya came to Dropbox via the acquisition of Cove, a company that he co-founded. Prior to Cove, Aditya was one of Facebook’s first engineers. He helped build the first versions of key products like Search, NewsFeed and Messenger. He then became Facebook’s first director of Product Engineering, overseeing engineering for products like NewsFeed, Profile, Groups and Events.
Osman (Ozzie) Osman
Osman (Ozzie) Osman is co-founder and Head of Engineering at Monarch Money. He is the lead author of the Holloway Guide to Technical Recruiting and Hiring. He has built products and engineering teams at companies including Quora and Google. Ozzie has also started two companies that have been acquired, and advised dozens of other startups.
