SkillsRobin Blog

A spotlight into the job seekers and startups in our community

Founder Stories: Steve from Lorikeet

Using AI agents to create better support experiences and building a world class engineering team from 0 to 17 in under a year
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How to get a job at an early stage startup

After speaking to 50+ startup founders and investors this is what we learned
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Developer Spotlight: Jack, CTO of Kumo

Jack joined Kumo Study as CTO this year through an intro from SkillsRobin. Now he's building learning tools to help students with ADHD get better outcomes.
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Founder Stories: Alex from Kumo

From building a ADHD study tool part-time to raising pre-seed funding and building a team - Alex is helping students with ADHD stay in uni and improve their grades.
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Designer Spotlight: Interdisciplinary UX Designer

My unique strength as a designer comes from my interdisciplinary background. I've studied both design and management, which equips me with a versatile skill set.
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Developer Spotlight: Part-time tech lead keen to contribute to greenfield projects

I really enjoy rapid prototyping. To start the weekend with nothing then by Sunday evening actually have some useful stuff.
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Our 2023 Christmas UI Competition has a winner

Look here to discover promising junior designers and their work.
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Developer Spotlight: Ninjame

I've worked in startups as a software engineer for over seven years... I'm looking to start my own company or going down the managerial side of engineering
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Developer Stories: Peter

Learn what it’s like to be a startup’s founding engineer, his mid-career pivot from architecture and tips on hiring and getting hired
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