2019 ReasonConf - ReasonML & Hiring at Draftbit

ReasonML is a hybrid of Javascript and Ocaml - traditionally 2 different pools of candidates. Have you ever wondered what the best of both worlds is like? Learn how ReasonML has improved the quality of our candidates letting us focus more time on the product and less on hiring.

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1. Reason & Hiring
   at Draftbit
   Peter Piekarczyk
   

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2. Peter Piekarczyk
   • Polish
   • Loves to Cycle
   • ReasonML Lover
   • Expo / React Native Lover
   • Loves Plants (@petersplantss)
   • Y Combinator Alumn
   • Co-Founder of Draftbit
   

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3. Draftbit is a platform to help
   you build mobile apps
   visually
   

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4. 1. Scan QR Code
   2. Drag Components
   3. Export Code
   

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8. • React / ReasonML
   • Flowtype
   • Web Assembly
   • Expo
   • GraphQL / Apollo
   • Postgres
   Draftbit Stack
   

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9. TypeScript
   Reason
   Reason + Draftbit
   

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10. • reason-react
    • reason-graphql
    • bs-emotion
    • get_in ppx
    • gentype
    ReasonML Stack
    

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11. Greeting.re
    

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12. Greeting.gen.js
    

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13. Layers (Js)
    Frame
    (Yoga / Wasm / Reason)
    Config
    (JS / Reason)
    Live Preview / Code Gen
    (Reason)
    Navigator
    (Reason)
    

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14. Draftbit v0.0.1
    Javascript
    

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15. Draftbit v1.542.0
    Javascript
    Reason
    

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16. Draftbit v1.1749.0
    Reason
    Javascript
    

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17. • Turnover
    • Low salaries
    • Too much work
    • Too many opinions
    • Not enough people
    Early days at a Startup
    

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19. “Hey do you want to
    come work for me for
    1/2 the pay? We only
    have 6 months of
    runway and no 401k”
    

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20. Perry from Shrek
    $3.5 million dollar house
    TFW 1 Day Sprints
    3/4 Are Gone
    

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21. Sebastian
    Brandon
    Angela
    Peter
    

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22. Draftbit
    

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23. What does hiring
    look like?
    

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24. Pursuit
    

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25. • Friends
    • Twitter
    • Meetups
    • LinkedIn
    • Recruiters
    Finding Engineers
    

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26. Meetups
    

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27. Interview
    

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28. Asking the Right
    Questions is Hard
    

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29. Looking for Seniors
    Looking for Reason
    

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30. Onboarding
    

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31. We Used to Start
    with Javascript
    

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33. “Hey Peter…”
    

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34. “I think I broke
    something…”
    

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35. 15 minutes & 10
    console.log’s later…
    

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36. Config.apiUrl
    vs.
    Config.apiURL
    

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37. Prettier? Eslint?
    Editor Setup?
    VS Code?
    Webstorm?
    Sublime Text?!?
    

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38. It *just works*
    with Reason
    

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43. Our New First
    PR Review?
    

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44. Reason Compiler
    

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45. Wait, what?
    Junior:
    

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46. Look at the
    Compiler
    Peter:
    

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47. Guess what?
    

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48. 1 month in, our juniors are
    productive with Reason
    

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49. That being said…
    

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50. A Compiler Won’t Turn
    a Junior into a Senior
    

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51. Closing Thoughts
    

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52. BAEs
    BEST. AUDIENCE. EVER.
    draftbit.com/reason
    draftbit • peterpme
    

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