tech recruiting Archives | Wealthfront Blog Personal Finance & Investing Insights Fri, 24 Feb 2023 20:57:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cropped-wave-logo-transparent-hi-res-500x500.png tech recruiting Archives | Wealthfront Blog 32 32 The 15 Crucial Questions About Stock Options https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/stock-options-15-crucial-questions/ Tue, 07 Aug 2018 14:00:54 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=4279 Editor’s note: Interested in learning more about equity compensation, the best time to exercise options, and the right company stock selling strategies? Read our Guide to Equity & IPOs Any Wealthfront client who has used our automated financial planning service knows that nothing impacts your financial lifestyle more than owning equity in a successful company. […]

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]]> The Two Types of Job Offers https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/two-types-job-offers/ Tue, 19 Aug 2014 15:09:33 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=4581 Editor’s note: Interested in learning more about equity compensation, the best time to exercise options, and the right company stock selling strategies? Read our Guide to Equity & IPOs In the past we have written numerous posts to help you evaluate specific job offers, but recently we realized we neglected a critical piece of information. […]

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]]> The Automated Investment Service for Everyone https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/automated-investment-service-institutional-financing-round/ Tue, 01 Apr 2014 16:31:59 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=4373 Wealthfront is the world’s largest and fastest-growing automated investment service (AIS). With more than $800 million in client assets under management, Wealthfront offers the most tax-efficient and low-cost index fund-based solution for long-term investors on the market. Having grown more than 700% since the start of 2013, Wealthfront now provides service to clients across all […]

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]]> Everyone Deserves Sophisticated Investment Advice https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/finance-tech-startup-funding-2013/ Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:15:59 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=3639 At Wealthfront, our mission is to provide the high-quality financial advice offered by the best financial institutions and private wealth managers, without the high account minimums or costs. Our assets under management have grown more than 70% just since the beginning of 2013. When we launched our flagship service in December 2011, we hoped investors […]

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]]> How To Dig Out From A Career Failure https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/silicon-valley-career-path-success-failure/ Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:42:48 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=3510 When I entered the venture capital business in 1982, Route 128 in Boston was as much a breeding ground for startups as Silicon Valley. That is no longer the case. I believe the Valley’s tolerance for failure allowed it to overtake Boston as the world’s technology center. In the Valley, you’re respected for taking a […]

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]]> 48 Hot Tech Companies To Build A Career https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/hot-mid-size-silicon-valley-companies/ Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:00:23 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=3412 Every year, my students at Stanford GSB who want to work for startups ask me for advice on where they should work. I disappoint them by recommending that they not to go work for a startup at all. I tell them three words I know it’s hard for them to hear: You’re not ready. I […]

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]]> How Do I Choose Where To Work? https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/choose-right-job-company/ Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:29:14 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=3365 When it comes to deciding where you’re going to work, the quality of the company trumps everything else. After Wealthfront developed a Startup Compensation Tool allowing people to compare their salary and equity compensation packages against the market, our clients and readers asked us how they could identify a great company to work for. My […]

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]]> Finding Talent In Silicon Valley https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/silicon-valley-talent-war/ Thu, 24 May 2012 14:23:49 +0000 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=2167 The coming-to-Wealthfront story that best illustrates the value our company places on internal drive versus lines on a resume is the story that belongs to John Hitchings. The software engineer who sits unassumingly in the dead center of our Palo Alto office, John came to California from Rome, in upstate New York.

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]]> Tech Recruiting: The Winning Pony On A Design Ad https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/silicon-valley-designer-talent/ Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:29:34 +0000 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=1938 Graphic Designer Wanted Like many companies here in the Valley, Wealthfront is seeking, in the words of our latest advertisement, a designer to help “mold the aesthetic heart of the company and all its expressions.” Designers are in short supply here – as you probably know. This Quora thread details some of the reasons: Design […]

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]]> Silicon Valley Pulls Top Grads From Wall Street https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/wall-street-vs-silicon-valley-talent-recruiting/ Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:20:55 +0000 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=1931 For years, the Ivy League colleges have sent many of their best and brightest mathematical and scientific minds to Wall Street as financial engineers. One of the drivers, of course, is money. Wall Street has always topped the list of the highest-paid industries – even rising above generally good pay in the tech sector by […]

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