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…
One search trick that’s been surprisingly useful lately: Google X-Ray Search. Instead of relying only on LinkedIn, I’ve been searching job boards directly with Google. For example: site:job-boards.greenhouse.io intitle:(QA OR SDET OR “Test Automation” OR “Quality Engineer”) remote (“United States”…
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?”…
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,…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
One thing I’ve been doing inside the PromptMates community is pulling Talent Acquisition leaders aside and asking how they’re approaching AI. Not the LinkedIn version.Not the conference version.The real version. What are they learning? What are they experimenting with? What…
Spoke with Liv Brandt this afternoon, a BDM over at Axiom Path, and she gave me a quick peek into her req load. She’s been actively placing QE talent across her client base over the last 6 months, but a…
