Size Matters Not

This week's blog is written by our director, Dr Neil Roodyn 

Recently a few things have come together that have me thinking about a question I get asked a lot; 'how big is the company'. Sometimes the question comes in different forms, 'how many developers work there', or 'how many UX designers are in the team', inevitably they come down to a question about the number of people available to work on a project or deliver a solution. The more rigorous form of this questions comes in vendor or supplier questionnaires that ask for a diagram of the organization chart for the organization.

Before I get into a discussion that this question is at best pointless, I would like to take a trip back in time to review how business (especially, but not specifically in technology) has changed in the last 100 years.

The evolution of technology has meant we can as do more with less 'resources'. I put resources in quotes because I have loathing for calling people a resource, they are human beings, calling people a resource belittles their value. Yet I am also including other assets in this bundle of 'resources', including computer power, machinery costs, printing costs, marketing, sales, etc….

For example if you wanted to print out 10,000 copies of a professional color flyer for an event 100 years ago, you would have needed some people to help you with design and layout. Then obtain access to some expensive printing equipment  and people to operate that equipment. Today you can spend an evening at home on your laptop, download countless free templates, layout your flyer as you desire and send it to be printed by email, and delivered within a couple of days to your work place. Of course you can also go to countless online resources (such as Odesk or Fiverr) and find someone who will put the whole thing together for you at a low price. Also you probably wouldn’t bother to actually print it any more, instead it would an email newsletter, or web ad. With the capability of profiling people online, it also means that you might only need 1000 targets to get the desired result, rather than 10,000, as you know so much more about the people with whom you are communicating.

The point is you can do a lot more with a lot less and this is validated in the  Scott Galloway talk 'Who is the Fifth Horseman?' . Galloway points out that technology companies that apply technology internally to help drive their own business are managing to reach very high revenues per employee, Amazon generating $10M in revenue per 17 employees and Apple making $10M in revenue for every 5 employees. While the rest of this talk is fascinating and worth watching. A big take away for me was this small number of people required to achieve great results. Technology is the enabler here, the ability to deliver more with less.

I have recently had some interesting conversations with technologists and investors in the heart of the technology world, Silicon Valley. They are discussing the need for rapid growth and old school thinking that in order to be successful you need to have a fast growth company, and fast growth in traditional terms means, people and 'resources'. It is a common concept that in order to scale up the business you need more people, but is it still true?

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nsquared opened its doors for business in the Sydney CBD in 2008. The company has grown each year of its operation. In 2015, nsquared is expanding again.

nsquared has always been the provider of advanced leading-edge software solutions. Since early 2009, its core business focus has been centred on creating exceptional software for gesture based computing experiences. In mid 2013, it shifted its focus to include the creation and delivery of digital table hardware as well as software. In early 2014 the design and development phase for delivery of the nsquared digitable product range commenced. One year in, there have been several products designed and delivered. In 2015, the company goal is to move that process forward.

We are hiring and as a member of the nsquared team you will have the opportunity to contribute and work with an inspired group of individuals on projects that are unparalleled in terms of their uniqueness in Australia, and indeed, most of the world. The team is inspired by the idea that they are working together to change the way people meet and work together now and in the future.

As a company that is moving into its next phase of growth, nsquared encourages personal growth and rewards action-oriented self-motivated people.

The roles we are currently recruiting for are:

Sales Lead

As a Sales Lead at nsquared you will be responsible for creating and closing sales opportunities of nsquared’s premium digital table furniture and software products. You will work closely with nsquared’s Director to determine Sales targets and a plan that will ensure the growing success of the products and the company.

Digital tables are a relatively new concept to the market and a large part of your role will be in raising awareness of the product range and its many benefits to businesses around the world.

Your ability to deliver high and improving sales rates will be critical to the success of the role and nsquared.

Industrial Designer

As an industrial designer at nsquared you will be responsible for creating aesthetically pleasing tables that will run nsquared’s digital table software. Your role is one that will radically change the way people in business think about and use tables now and in the future. 

Your ability to deliver beautifully designed and finished furniture pieces is critical to the success of your role.

Software Developer

As a developer at nsquared you will be responsible for creating, enhancing and testing software products. You will work closely with nsquared’s development team to deliver monthly milestones that will ensure the growing success of the products and the company. 

Your ability to deliver high quality code to deadlines will be critical to the success of the role.

Junior Digital Designer

As nsquared’s Junior Designer you will work closely with nsquared’s Lead Designer to deliver a variety of digital design assets. The Design team is responsible for making nsquared’s digital and table products look absolutely stunning. Your teams’ role is also to educate nsquared’s current and prospective customers to understand how working with digital tables will improve their businesses day by day. 

Your ability to deliver high-class premium imagery and other marketing materials is critical to the success of the role.

For more information and to apply, check out the jobs page on our website

We are growing again!

With more and more digital tables being loved by our customers we are growing our team again. We need a salesperson and a graduate developer to join our team.

If you are looking for a challenging new role in a team that is intent on putting shared screen technology in more places then please get in touch.

We are recruiting a junior developer to help us with development of vision based solutions using technologies such as kinect.

We are also looking for an energetic young sales person that can help our team with customer interactions, product demonstrations and closing deals.

Both of our new team members will need be Australian citizens or hold Australian Permanent residency visas.

If you, or someone you know, are interested in joining nsquared please send us a cover letter and your resume to jobs@nsquaredsolutions.com

Are you our new developer?!

In this episode Dr. Neil and Freena talk about recruiting developers for nsquared.