I’m a tech recruiter, not an engineer. And sometimes I come across QE projects that sounds impressive, but I have to stop and ask myself: Okay… what the heck did they actually build? Why does it matter? How can I…
I still remember my first QA placement. I had been recruiting for just a few months, and was young enough to think that if we got someone an offer, the hard part was over. I came across a Test Lead…
I’m tired of reviewing resumes that all start to blur together. I did not get into recruiting to spend my week opening hundreds of resumes that all seem to say the same thing, responding to the same generic job description,…
The PromptMates squad keeps cookin’. Here are two builds from this week that I think are worth a peek because they’re a good look at what’s possible right now. Aston Rankins: The Batcave The why: Aston had two things bugging…
Most of what I read about AI in recruiting falls into one of two buckets: hype (“AI will replace your recruiting team by 2027, click here to find out how”) or fear (“AI is coming for your job”). Neither one…
There’s a lot of noise right now about “AI adoption” in engineering: vague claims about productivity, thinkpieces about the future of QA, dashboards nobody trusts. What’s harder to find is the practical stuff, so I pulled my friend Nat aside,…
Most sales reps did not sign up for data entry. I know I didn’t. And yet, a huge chunk of the job still comes down to writing notes, updating a CRM, and trying to remember what a prospect said three…
One of my favorite parts about recruiting isn’t just filling jobs. It’s talking to people who solve problems. This week I had a conversation with Catia, a technical recruiter who’s spent the last decade sourcing engineering talent. We started talking…
A recap of Promptmates Live, featuring Jamie Lyons (The Rec Lab) and Matt Parker (Move) If you’ve spent any time building with AI over the last year, you’ve probably noticed a pattern: the outputs work, but they look like AI…
I’ve been running my own version of this setup for a while now, using Fireflies to capture meetings and Cowork to turn the mess of transcripts, calendar invites, and follow-ups into something actually usable. It’s saved me hours every week.…
