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Whenever I talk with engineers about AI in recruiting, I usually get the same question. “So…how are recruiters using AI to source candidates and review resumes?” Fair question. Sourcing and resume review get most of the attention because they’re obvious pain points. But after spending time talking with talent leaders who are actually building with…

I asked a Principal Engineer what’s the most important part of programming… It wasn’t: His Answer? Organization That was….unexpected. I asked him to explain: ⏩Code is read far more than it’s written: Good organization makes navigating old code fast instead of turning every bug fix into a scavenger hunt ⏩It’s what lets a codebase scale…

I was talking with a group of Quality Engineers recently when someone asked me a question I couldn’t answer. “How do you quantify your experience if you don’t have percentages?” My immediate reaction was, “How do you not have percentages?” They said, “I don’t have access to those numbers. I know I improved things, but…

When I see the same job pop up over and over again on LinkedIn, my mind immediately goes to one of four places. First, they’re collecting resumes. Second, they’re building a pipeline even though they aren’t ready to hire. Third, the business and IT can’t get aligned on what they’re actually looking for, so the…

I sat down with a TA leader from PromptMates whose career has evolved from agency recruiting into helping early-stage companies build hiring functions, recruiting operations, and AI-enabled recruiting workflows. Since much of his work revolves around building pipeline from scratch, I asked him a simple question: If you walked back into Robert Half tomorrow, were…

One of my favorite parts about interviewing Talent Acquisition folks inside the PromptMates community is realizing how often I walk into a conversation expecting one thing and leave thinking about something completely different. I thought my conversation with Jess was going to be about Claude Skills, Plugins, and Change Management. And I mean…it was. But…

As I continue exploring AI upskilling, I’ve been asking Talent Acquisition leaders how they’re approaching AI. Not the conference answer.Not the LinkedIn answer.The real answer. So I grabbed David, a TA Operations Leader from Promptmates to ask how he learned to build with AI despite not coming from a traditional engineering background. Several themes emerged.…

Over the past year, AI has changed the conversation around software development. Much of the focus was initially on speed. Teams are using AI to write code, generate documentation, create test cases, and accelerate delivery. Alongside that, we’ve seen companies reduce headcount and position AI as a productivity multiplier. At the same time, I’ve noticed…