So you want to work at a startup?
by Roy Barber, 12 May 2013Everyone wants to work at or with the next hot startup. They’re cool, good fun and run by creative, passionate people with exciting ideas.
I’ve been fortunate enough to work with a couple startups in California, even offered full time positions at Pinterest & Groupon, but unfortunately could not move to America.
How would you have found instagram when Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger was looking for a developer in 2009? how do you find the next big startup? Other than wait for them to contact you through dribbble or equivalent? Simple you need to put yourself out there and make contact.
Although a recent study of 20,000 new hires by Leadership IQ found that 89% of new hires failed, it was for ‘attitudinal reasons’, not lack of skill. So make sure you’re a good fit for the startup before submitting your CV. If you do get the job, make sure to take and keep a good attitude.
Being based in the UK i’ve always been attracted to California and the bells and whistles attached, But then why move to California when theres already a huge amount of cool startups here in the UK?
Lucky for you I’ve compiled a long list of UK based startups in no particular order looking for Designers, Developers and a whole lot more.
The App Business
Designer & Developer roles
Stripe
Developer Roles
Factzz
Developer roles
yPlan
Designer & Developer roles
Yearbook Machine
Developer roles
Yammer
Designer & Developer roles
Wonga
Developer Roles
Twitter
Designer & Developer Roles
Vzaar
Developer roles
VisualDNA
Design & Developer Roles
VeInteractive
Designer & Developer Roles
Twilio
Developer Roles
Troupe
Developer Roles
Trial Reach
Developer Roles
The Trainline
Developer roles
Symplectic
Developer Roles
SwiftKey
Developer Roles
Squiz
Design & Developer Roles
Sport Pursuit
Developer Roles
Song Kick
Design & Developer Roles
Smarkets
Developer Roles
Skyscanner
Developer Roles
Simply Business
Developer Roles
Shutl
Developer Roles
Shazam
Developer Roles
SecretSales
Designer & Developer Roles
Red Badger
Designer & Developer Roles
Ravn
Designer & Developer Roles
Raising IT
Designer & Developer Roles
QuietRiots
Developer Role
Qubit
Designer & Developer Roles
Qinec
Designer & Developer Roles
Plumbee
Designer & Developer Roles
Pivotal Labs
Designer & Developer Roles
PhotoBox
Designer & Developer Roles
One Fine Stay
Designer & Developer Roles
Not On The High Street
Designer & Developer Roles
Nice
Designer & Developer Roles
Music Metric
Designer & Developer Roles
Moo
Designer & Developer Roles
Mixlr
Developer Roles
MindCandy
Designer & Developer Roles
Metail
Designer & Developer Roles
King
Designer & Developer Roles
HailO
Designer & Developer Roles
Graze
Designer & Developer Roles
Glow
Developer Roles
Geckoboard
Developer Roles
Forward Labs
Designer & Developer roles
Foodity
Designer & Developer Roles
Farmdrop
Designer & Developer Roles
Farfetch
Designer & Developer Roles
Duedil
Designer & Developer Roles
Betgenius
Developer Roles
Create
Designer & Developer Roles
ConverSocial
Designer & Developer Roles
Busuu
Designer & Developer Roles
CityMapper
Designer & Developer Roles
Bright North
Design & Developer Roles
Badoo
Designer & Developer Roles