Merriman: 10gen finds engineering hiring easier in NYC than Palo Alto
Dwight Merriman · Fireside chat with Dwight Merriman // Data Driven #8 // Sep 2012 (interviewed by Matt Turck) · Dec 5, 2013 · at 31:12
Dwight Merriman, co-founder and CEO of 10gen (MongoDB), compares engineering recruitment across 10gen's New York and Palo Alto offices in 2012.
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“I'm actually finding right now, because we're hiring engineers both locations, that we're having a little more luck hiring engineers in New York.”
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