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  1. Articles from Peter Levine

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    1. What Now? Hiring

      Explore Peter Levine (Jan 17 2012) Recruiting

      Last month, as CEO of SpiderNet, you were faced with the issue of firing your VP of Engineering, who initially seemed like a rock star but proved to lack motivation, didn’t gain his team’s respect, and was ultimately ineffective. You talked with your board and everyone unanimously agreed that you should terminate the VP immediately and ask your co-founder to manage the Engineering team in the interim. It was also agreed that the company would search for a new VP of Engineering after the new year (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Andreessen Horowitz   SpiderNet

    2. Firing a Key Executive: Possible Outcomes

      Explore Peter Levine (Dec 12 2011) Recruiting

      Below are the possible outcomes to the hypothetical situation I posed in my previous blog post, “Firing a Key Executive”. I was fired from my first job as a programmer after college and I’ve always agonized over terminations ever since.  The day I was fired was one of the worst days of my life and no… (Read Full Article)

    3. What Now? Firing a Key Executive

      Explore Peter Levine (Dec 8 2011) Recruiting

      In the previous vignette, you (as the CEO of SpiderNet) were trying to decide on how to organize the engineering organization.  Your decision was to hire a new VP of Engineering and your co-founder, who previously oversaw Engineering, agrees to become the CTO and chief architect.  Everything seemed to have worked out with the transition… (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   SpiderNet