chat
expand_more

Abnormal Engineering Stories, Episode #3: Identifying and Becoming a 10x Startup Engineer

In engineering teams, there’s a mythical concept of a “10x engineer”— engineers who have 10x more impact and responsibility than the average engineer. Do these engineers actually exist? Is this a myth, or a possibility that engineers can realistically aim to become?
August 3, 2021

In engineering teams, there’s a mythical concept of a “10x engineer”— engineers who have 10x more impact and responsibility than the average engineer. Do these engineers actually exist? Is this a myth, or a possibility that engineers can realistically aim to become? And if they do exist, how can we identify new team members that can have this level of impact on our teams?

In our third episode of Abnormal Engineering Stories, John Delaney and I discuss engineering recruiting, and how he approaches the challenge of identifying high potential engineers. John is a Principal on the Core Talent team at Greylock Partners, and has spoken with hundreds (if not thousands) of engineers, and is constantly matching high potential candidates with the right opportunities across Greylock portfolio companies.

In this conversation, we discuss what key behaviors and experiences stand out to John and startup engineering hiring managers, and what environments allow early-career engineers to demonstrate they will become high-impact engineers on their future teams and companies.

We hope you enjoy it! Please do subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or Google Podcasts.

Abnormal Engineering Stories, Episode #3: Identifying and Becoming a 10x Startup Engineer

See Abnormal in Action

Get a Demo

Get the Latest Email Security Insights

Subscribe to our newsletter to receive updates on the latest attacks and new trends in the email threat landscape.

Discover How It All Works

See How Abnormal AI Protects Humans

Related Posts

Innovate Summer Update Announcement Blog Cover
Join Abnormal Innovate: Summer Update on July 17 to explore the future of AI-powered email security with bite-sized sessions, expert insights, and exclusive product reveals.
Read More
High Scale Aggregation Cover
At Abnormal AI, detecting malicious behavior at scale means aggregating vast volumes of signals in realtime and batch. This post breaks down how we implemented the Signals DAG across both systems to achieve consistency, speed, and detection accuracy at scale.
Read More
B CISO SAT
Discover how modern CISOs are evolving security awareness training from a compliance checkbox into a strategic, AI-powered program that drives behavior change and builds a security-first culture.
Read More
B Regional VEC BEC Trends Blog
Regional analysis of 1,400+ organizations reveals how geography shapes email security risks. See which regions are most vulnerable to VEC vs BEC.
Read More
B HTML and Java Script Phishing
Explore real phishing attacks that use HTML and JavaScript to bypass defenses and learn what makes these emails so hard to detect.
Read More
B Custom Phishing Kits Blog
Brand-specific phishing kits are replacing generic templates. Learn how these custom phishing kits enable sophisticated impersonation attacks.
Read More