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Posted by: George Kaszacs Job momentum is starting to build in the California job market. The Bay Area is at the forefront of state-wide job recovery citing that more than 80% of new jobs added last...
View ArticleDads and Grads (Part 2)
Grads Posted by: Michael A. Morell It’s the time of year again when recent graduates test the fiercely competitive job market and look to begin establishing themselves professionally. According to the...
View Article2012 Q2: Software Engineering Salaries in Silicon Valley
We are happy to present our latest engineering salaries from the second quarter of 2012. After reviewing data from our database, we have compiled the latest numbers and put them together with some...
View ArticleAt a Premium: High-Touch, Focused Solution for Scaling Engineering Teams
You’ve raised your capital. You’ve passed proof of concept. And now you’re excitedly entering build mode. But, wait…you need a team of talented engineers to move forward. Where do you turn? It’s a...
View Article2012 Engineering Salaries In Review
With 2012 now fully behind us, we took a deeper dive into our placement data from all of last year to examine the state of engineering salaries. We saw salaries fluctuate throughout the year, so we...
View ArticleEngineering Candidates Aren’t Sold – They Buy
As a startup company, you are in a war for talent and recognize how vital it is to attract top caliber talent to your team. You also are probably adept at extolling the perks of working at your company...
View Article2013 Q1: Software Engineering Salaries in Silicon Valley
We dove into our data from last quarter to get a glimpse of the state of engineering salaries within the Bay Area in 2013. As we expected,we didn’t encounter any major surprises – our findings were...
View Article2013 Q2: Software Engineering Salaries in Silicon Valley
We dove into our data from last quarter to get a glimpse of the state of engineering salaries within the Bay Area in 2013. We noticed that salaries continue to trend slightly higher than their previous...
View ArticleFirst Round Capital – Riviera’s Founders Share Leadership Hiring Insight
Riviera’s founders Ali Behnam and Michael Morell spent some time with our friends at First Round Capital and discussed what goes on behind the scenes during an executive search for technical...
View ArticleWomen 2.0 – 3 Tips to Attract Engineering Talent
Finding engineering talent to help build your startup is a daunting task. With competition seemingly around every corner, it is important for growing startups to identify their scaling needs and act...
View ArticleReuters – Twitter pays engineer $10 million as Silicon Valley tussles for talent
Partner Iain Grant recently spoke with Sarah McBride of Thomson Reuters to discuss some of the challenges that companies face when trying to hire engineering talent — from software engineers to VP...
View Article2013 Q3: Software Engineering Salaries in Silicon Valley
We dove into our data from last quarter to get a glimpse of the state of engineering salaries within the Bay Area in 2013. Following the trend of the first two quarters of the year, average engineering...
View Article2013 Engineering Salaries In Review
With 2013 now fully behind us, we took a deeper dive into our placement data from all of last year to examine the state of engineering salaries. We saw salaries fluctuate throughout the year, so we...
View ArticleEngineering Salaries Reviewed
It’s been a few months since we last looked at the data surrounding the latest compensation figures for Bay Area engineers, so we re-crunched the numbers from the last 12 months and shared our findings...
View ArticleEngineering Salaries Reviewed
As 2015 continues to ramp, we wanted to see if we could derive any insight about the Bay Area’s changing engineering landscape by reviewing some recent subject data. We crunched the numbers from the...
View ArticleEngineering Salaries Reviewed
If you’re an engineer who’s on the look-out for new opportunities, we’ve got some interesting data for you. We’ve been keeping an eye on the engineering candidate marketplace over the past 12 months...
View Article2013 Q2: Software Engineering Salaries in Silicon Valley
We dove into our data from last quarter to get a glimpse of the state of engineering salaries within the Bay Area in 2013. We noticed that salaries continue to trend slightly higher than their previous...
View ArticleFirst Round Capital – Riviera’s Founders Share Leadership Hiring Insight
Riviera’s founders Ali Behnam and Michael Morell spent some time with our friends at First Round Capital and discussed what goes on behind the scenes during an executive search for technical...
View ArticleWomen 2.0 – 3 Tips to Attract Engineering Talent
Finding engineering talent to help build your startup is a daunting task. With competition seemingly around every corner, it is important for growing startups to identify their scaling needs and act...
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