MattRob

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   by MattRob 10y ago

   Nested.com | Data Engineer | London | ONSITE https://nested.com/ Data is at the heart of everything Nested does - from our customer facing automatic valuation model to the tools our team uses internally. We’re looking for s
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   by MattRob 10y ago

   Nested.com | Software Engineer | London | ONSITE https://nested.com/ We are an ambitious new company started by founders of GoCardless and Songkick and backed by some of the world's leading investors and entrepreneurs.
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   by MattRob 10y ago

   Nested.com | London | Onsite | Fulltime | UX & Analytics | https://nested.com/ Our product will be the source of our long-term advantage. We are looking for someone to help us understand what our customers want and buil
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   by MattRob 10y ago

   Nested.com | London | Onsite | Fulltime. https://nested.com/ We are an ambitious new company started by founders of GoCardless and Songkick and backed by some of the world's leading investors and entrepreneurs. We beli
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   by MattRob 10y ago

   Nested.com | London | Onsite | Fulltime. https://nested.com/ We are an ambitious new company started by founders of GoCardless and Songkick and backed by some of the world's leading investors and entrepreneurs. We beli
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   Nested is hiring a software engineer in London(nested.com)

   1 points by MattRob 10y ago
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   Incredible Sales Manager Wanted(gocardless.com)

   1 points by MattRob 13y ago
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   by MattRob 14y ago

   To be clear, it's not an auto-reject, it's an early warning mechanism. I see the relationship between MBAs and cluelessness as one of correlation not causation.
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   by MattRob 14y ago

   I totally agree. As I said in the original post: "I am not trying to argue that there is no place for MBAs, or that no MBA has a clue about startups – both of those are demonstrably untrue. Also having an MBA itself is clearly not the probl
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    by MattRob 14y ago

    I have no vendetta. It is simple pattern matching: I receive lots of applications every day. When nine out of ten that share one common characteristic (MBA), share another (no understanding of how they could add value in an early stage star
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    by MattRob 14y ago

    It's not that I won't look at any MBA but that when I do I'm watching out for particular things. When nine out of ten apps that display a particular attribute share or lack another common attribute, that seems like a sensible response. Like
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    by MattRob 14y ago

    I actually knew this. I should have mentioned it. As I said: any argument that "no MBA has a clue about startups...[is] demonstrably untrue".
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    by MattRob 14y ago

    Absolutely. I should have made this clearer, I've added a note in the first para of the post. The intention was not to attack any trade but to highlight a worrying misconception that seems to be particularly prevalent amongst MBA grads and
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    by MattRob 14y ago

    Totally agree with this
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    Why we have never hired an MBA(mattjackrob.com)

    68 points by MattRob 14y ago|68 comments
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    by MattRob 15y ago

    Thanks Viktoras! Just drop us an email at help@gocardless.com if we can do anything to help
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    by MattRob 15y ago

    As a heads up I'm from GC but as quick responses: 1) It's little known but the protection under DD are arguably stronger than those under cc ( http://www.bacs.co.uk/bacs/businesses/directdebit/collecting... ); but your point still holds for