How We Make Sure Our Engineers Are Impeccably Trained

When people find out that Neutech regularly helps clients get their MVPs to market in just 3-5 months, we often get an eyes-narrowed, seems-too-good-to-be-true reaction.

“So where are you finding these magical unicorn engineers and developers? I thought you were a senior staff augmentation agency that worked entirely with outsourced, near-shore  developers - how can you be sure they’ll be any good?”

⬆️ What you’re probably thinking but are too polite to ask.

Want to know our secret?

(whispers) We handpick every single engineer on our team and put them through a rigorous three-year training academy to make sure they meet Neutech standards.

Neutech Academy + Where We Find Our Candidates

Neutech Academy is a 2 - 3 year training program we put our team through to build their technical and professional skills to a senior level. 

It’s our quality assurance that every single person who’s working under the Neutech banner has great communication skills, work ethic, and a product-oriented mindset as well as a top-of-the-line technical skill set.

We have faculty at the top universities in Brazil handpick college seniors they think would be a good fit for Neutech Academy. After four years of teaching these students, the professors have great insights into who would be right for Neutech, our process, and our clients.

Training On Real Projects, With Real Clients In Brazil

We place our trainees in small groups with senior mentors on real projects with real clients in Brazil. Getting this outside-the-classroom real life experience is invaluable; it prepares them for so many of the realities of working in tech.

They learn how to communicate efficiently and clearly with clients and how to provide real solutions to real problems as they pop up. 

We teach them how to deal with emergency production bugs and how to appropriately plan development sprints. It’s so much better (and more effective!) to learn these skills in real life - not just read about them.  

When our trainees are working on a project with a senior mentor and they inevitably encounter issues like these, they have someone to turn to and they’re building their own skillset. 

By the time they’ve completed Neutech Academy and they’re working with American clients, issues like these are old hat and they know exactly what to do.

The Neutech Academy Curriculum 

When we call this an academy we mean it; we’ve got a structured curriculum that covers a huge variety of topics that prepare our trainees. 

I don’t know about you, but I was not ready for the keys to the proverbial car fresh out of college. For most of us, it takes a minute to transform from a recent college graduate who knows how to code into a true, senior level developer who’s ready to work with international clients and meet the demands of their projects. 

That’s why we invest 2 - 3 years in our trainees in Neutech Academy! Think of it like America’s graduate school system; Neutech’s developers essentially have the programmatic theory, problem solving ability, and seniority of a Master’s Degree graduate, along with the real life experience of someone who’s been in the field for many years.  We find this to be a winning combination!

Every week, trainees receive four hours of instruction on sample projects designed for maximized learning. They practice working solo and in groups; they practice working “sprints” - so they’re accustomed to scrum-style project management and working on tight deadlines.

Want to know what - specifically - is in the Neutech Academy curriculum? Read the whole post here.

We’re incredibly proud of Neutech Academy, not only in terms of the great work our graduates produce but also the tight knit, supportive community we’ve built with our trainees, mentors, and graduates. We truly enjoy working together and building awesome things for our clients.

If you’d like to add some of our impeccably trained senior developers to your project, I’d love to chat!

P.S. I’m thrilled to announce that earlier this year, I accepted the role of Chairman of the Board of the Jews in Tech, an international non-profit organization.

My Jewish identity and giving back to my community are both hugely important to me. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve benefited from a kind, helpful, more-experienced person taking time to share insights and advice and I hope I’ll be able to do some of that with Jews In Tech.

Being an entrepreneur and working in tech can be a roller coaster and it’s always nice to know  people who GET IT - who will lend a listening ear, can point you towards a resource, or just drink a Scotch with you and commiserate.

If you’re Jewish, live in L.A., and work in tech, we’d love to have you! Click here to learn more: members.jewsintech.org