Month May 2026

Current Expectations for QA Leaders

A lot of engineering leaders are being asked to solve multiple problems at once:→ increase delivery speed→ adopt AI→ reduce waste→ and upskill existing teams while still shipping That last part is…really tough. I’ve been in the IT TA game…

Most outreach fails before it’s even read

If you’re applying to jobs without also reaching out to recruiters or hiring managers in your space, you’re leaving opportunities on the table. But knowing how and when to engage is what actually matters. Top: what my LinkedIn inbox looks…

Charlotte QA: Market Watch

Remote, Stateside- Senior SDET Gig: Briefly swapped intros today with Rob Sarro who mentioned he’s hiring for his team at Anaconda. (remote, stateside- backfill). He noted the 5+ years is more of a baseline signal than a hard filter which…

Ovidius AI

Title: Senior AI Engineer, Agentic SystemsDuration: FulltimeLocation: Fully remoteRelease Date: 05/04Owner: Owen Boesveld We’re hiring a Senior Engineer to build production AI agents. This role owns the full stack: Claude Managed Agents, RAG pipelines over proprietary data, and Claude Cowork…

The Validation Bottleneck

Why cutting QA right now is backwardsInsights from the field: a conversation with Lucas Smit, AI Forward SDET Over the past few months, I’ve been hearing the same patterns across the QA market: layoffs, impossible reqs, and a growing belief…

Questions to Ask Before You Build (or Buy) an Outbound Pipeline

Most outbound automation projects fail before implementation ever begins Not because the tools are bad. Not because AI doesn’t work. But because companies often skip the harder questions: Too many teams jump straight into platform selection before validating the economics,…