You may think of wearable tech as a bracelet or band worn on your wrist to track personal activity and fitness, but wearable technology is headed to enterprise as well. One company, XOEye, has incorporated tech into eyewear in an effort to help solve efficiency problems in the industrial workplace. Think of it as smart glasses that let others see, in real time, what you’re seeing so problems can be solved by more people.
What does it take to work for a company like this?
Because XOEye features a cloud platform and is designed for mobile use, this is a field where Android expertise and WebRTC are some of the most important skills that come in handy.
Read on for more of our interview with XOEye co-founder Aaron Salow.
1. XOEye is a wearable tech company that aims to solve efficiency problems in the industrial workplace; can you explain what that means?
Solving and understanding at a core level what a worker’s process is and leveraging wearable tech to make it easier, faster, better.
2. Why is this a huge potential growth path for businesses?
XOEye Technologies provides a bridge between skilled and unskilled labor through tele-presence. That is, anyone in the world can access what an employee is seeing and hearing (through a pair of safety glasses) in real-time and communicate with them about it to walk them step-by-step through a problem to a solution. What better way to turn a green employee into an experienced one faster than ever before?
At a micro level it’s allowing the most skilled workers to multiply their knowledge base across the organization.
3. What are some of the top in-demand skills in this field?
Android expertise, expert embedded Java engineers, Grails and Groovy, Video and WebRTC.
4. What do you look for now in a new hire?
Great attitude, resiliency to change, accountability, adaptability, pride and confidence, and initiative.
5. What's unique about your hiring process?
Cultural fit is more important than skills. For example, someone who is willing to learn and be accountable will make a better fit.
6. Do you focus a lot on mobile development?
The very nature of wearable technology is as mobile as it gets, so yes it’s a focus of our business.
7. Is there one question in particular that helps you determine someone's abilities?
What gets you most excited when you wake up in the morning? How are you driven?
8. What can someone do on paper or in an application to make their skills stand out?
Focusing on particular experiences rather than things you’ve accomplished, telling me more about what they find to be important in career, what drives them, etc.
9. What are some signs of true innovation in a candidate’s resume and interview?
Speaking about an experience that has been part of a larger success and really being able to discuss how they executed and what worked and didn’t work.
