How these employees found and stay inspired working with the same company for the long haul.
Some jobs will never go away — farmer, builder and tailor, to name a few.
One job that also continues to stand the test of time is a tool maker — though this job changes pretty radically as society evolves.
Today, the tech industry is the ultimate tool maker; however, tech jobs don’t seem to have the same kind of job stability as farming and building do.
There are constant ups and downs in the job market for technology. According to a LinkedIn report, the tech industry has the highest turnover rate at 13.2 percent. The report goes on to say that most tech companies have a median employee tenure of only one or two years.
Finding that perfect fit as a tech professional is no small task. Built In spoke with six tech professionals who have all been with their current company for anywhere from four to fifteen years. We asked them what makes their company such a good fit and what keeps them around.
Trumid
Ray Chen, Head of Site Reliability Engineering
Trumid is a fintech company bringing efficiency to credit trading through data, technology and simple products. Trumid was founded in 2014 by credit professionals with over 100 years of trading experience.
What brought you to Trumid?
I joined Trumid soon after it launched in 2015. Chief Technology Officer Tony Schiavo reached out to me with an exciting opportunity. A startup fintech company was looking to combine deep corporate bond trading expertise with leading-edge technology and product design to deliver innovative solutions for fixed-income trading. I would be responsible for building the technology infrastructure to support Trumid. The CTO’s passion for cultivating teams with a ‘diversity of thinking’ would also allow me to work alongside peers from a variety of industries to enhance and differentiate our platform architecture.
It was a blank-canvas opportunity with an ambitious goal that I had to accept.
Upon joining, I was part of a creative team where the rate of innovation was rapid and exhilarating. The value I brought for every hour was realized immediately. I was making a difference and knowing that if I didn’t work those extra two hours, we would be two hours behind tomorrow.
Also compelling was the chance to collaborate with colleagues to build an incredible tech culture centered around trust, offering a remote-first approach to work, which was unique at that time.
What is special about the culture?
What’s kept me at Trumid is the same as what initially attracted me to the role: the opportunity to see my work reflected in the organization’s growth. A big part of it is also our culture and the fact that we pride ourselves on staying nimble and agile as we grow.
Our team is constantly innovating with a focus on scale and growth. We streamline and automate to create more efficiencies; this leads to people taking on more responsibility and continuing to grow.
This sort of culture is what has kept me here and continues to drive me. Over the past eight years, I’ve gone from being an individual contributor to a development lead overseeing larger projects, to managing our platform, to my current role as head of site reliability engineering. We are responsible for continuously improving our developers’ experience as our business and organization grows.
As I look ahead to another transformative year at Trumid, I’m still excited by the impact that I can make. Month on month, year on year, I continue to broaden my experience and knowledge, leveraging technology to discover more meaningful ways to do more with less.
Month on month, year on year, I continue to broaden my experience and knowledge, leveraging technology to discover more meaningful ways to do more with less.”
How can someone succeed at Trumid?
To be successful at Trumid, you need to be curious, passionate about your craft, ambitious, relentless, collaborative and driven. You’re hired for a specific project but that’s not meant to be the end game. Our objective is not to fill a seat, it’s for a talented hire to come in and help solve the initial challenge and then identify more problem-solving opportunities.
We’re always looking for enthusiastic and energizing people who are eager to grow, take on more responsibility and continue to produce impactful work. If you’re an ambitious self-starter who wants to forge your own career velocity, then Trumid is a great place for that.
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