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Are Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta bankrolling AI with layoffs?
Workforce cuts appear to be funding the AI race.
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Guardrails, not gates: Scaling juniors in the AI era
How automated guardrails let junior engineers ship faster with AI, while protecting quality, safety, and senior reviewer sanity.
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Meta and the great DEI rollback
Once an emblem of inclusivity, Meta has officially joined tech’s anti-DEI bandwagon.
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Inclusive hiring is not a checkmark
Inclusion is the foundation of creating a level playing field for employees with all backgrounds to be heard, to be challenged, and to have an impact.
Retaining Your People After the Tech Boom
Discover how to retain talent during staff reductions by leading with empathy, building trust, and understanding employees’ motivators in times of economic and industry change.
What is the role of the engineering manager in the hiring process?
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How to define a new engineering role
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How the AI boom is bringing Silicon Valley back from the brink
Is Silicon Valley so over, or is it back?
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Ask Mathias: How can I avoid hiring folks working more than one job?
In the age of work from home, how can you certify that someone is only working one job at a time? Is it even a bad thing if they do?
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Hiring and retaining underrepresented engineers
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Designing effective criteria for assessing engineering candidates equitably
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Finding potential in your interview processes
Hiring engineers is hard. And with over half of C-suite executives saying that the future of their company relies on being able to source engineering talent, making the correct decisions about who to hire has the potential to transform the fortune of your company.
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12 steps to becoming a better engineering interviewer
An email in your inbox. A conversation with your boss. The company is hiring and you’re to be part of it – you’re going to be an interviewer.
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How to succeed at hiring without really trying
Hiring good people can be hard. Keeping good people can be hard. It’s made easier though if you can set your company apart as a place that people want to work at. But how do you make the community aware that that’s the case?
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The positives and negatives of networks and tech hiring
In a fast developing industry such as tech, the acquisition and retention of talent is a crucial success factor. Often, hiring through personal networks can lead to a quicker and more successful hiring process than traditional methods – and sometimes contacts can even encourage under-represented groups to apply for positions they wouldn’t consider otherwise.
