Formative (tech) companies in the Twin Cities

What's your favorite place you've ever worked? Or where did you work with the best people?

In the Twin Cities tech scene, a handful of companies keep coming up - places like Code42, Refactr, Clockwork, Sport Ngin, GovDelivery, etc. - where it was a genuinely great place to work and a cohort of really good people all happened to be there at the same time. If you were there during the right years, you know it, and you probably still keep in touch with those people.

This session is about those runs. For each company, we'll try to articulate three things:

1. 📈 When was the golden era?
2. ✨ What made it special?
3. 📉 What changed?

‼️ Help me make this session great: I put together a short survey to gather data and stories for this session. You'll help me immensely by filling it out for one (or multiple) companies you've worked at that had one of these runs. Even better, share it with former coworkers who were there during the same era.

I'll compile the results and share my findings during this session. It won't be about naming and shaming, more identifying patterns and themes to help us all recognize these special places when we see them in the future.

• Development
• Startups
• Careers