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I spoke with Jay, a Senior Quality Engineer who has spent years working across QA automation, SDET, DevOps, and multiple generations of automation frameworks. One thing that stood out to me was how differently he thinks about the SDET role compared to how these positions are often written and screened. A lot of SDET hiring…

Years ago, I remember talking to a candidate about a .NET role. I explained the opportunity and his response was basically, “No, no. I’m a Java guy.” At the time, that didn’t seem particularly unusual. But I don’t think that mentality flies anymore. Technology moves too fast. The framework you’re an expert in today might…

I’ve sat in on a lot of interviews from the recruiter’s side of the table, and here’s something I’ve seen more than once: A hiring manager asks a candidate about something they don’t know. And you can almost watch the candidate decide what to do next. Some people start talking in circles. Some try to…

**A note before you read: I’m a recruiter, not an engineer. This article was inspired by conversations I’ve had with engineering leaders and discussions with my technical leadership team to better understand how different companies are measuring AI activity, evaluating its impact, and thinking about their overall AI readiness. I’m sharing what I’m learning along…

Most of the engineering leaders I work with are not actively job hunting. They’re heads down running a team, and then something shifts, a reorg, a new CTO, a company that’s just not it anymore, and suddenly they want to check out the landscape without dropping the ball on their current job. That’s who I…

One extra click doesn’t sound like a big deal. Until your recruiting team does it 200 times a week. I came across a build from a TA leader in PromptMates who was frustrated with some of the workflow gaps created by their move from SmartRecruiters to Rippling. Instead of accepting the friction or looking for…

What happens when the AI model you trust starts getting worse? A conversation in the Promptmates community caught my attention this week. Several TA leaders are noticing changes in how Claude is performing in real recruiting workflows. One person said Claude, which had been their trusted model for assessing candidate fit, has recently started making…

I’ve been sitting in calls with engineering leaders alongside my engineering manager, Ryan, talking about business initiatives, quality engineering, automation strategy, and the problems companies are trying to solve. Companies are trying to move faster. They’re looking for ways to reduce costs, eliminate bottlenecks, push testing earlier in the development process, adopt AI, and modernize…