Hiring

Hiring

27 Nov 2023 · 4 min read

Coding Puzzles Alienate Senior Engineers

Finding strong senior engineers is hard. When you finally get an experienced developer in for an interview, you want to evaluate them effectively. It’s tempting to default to leaning

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Hiring

28 Aug 2023 · 4 min read

Why I Always Ask About Job Tenure When Hiring Engineers

I still remember one time being called in to “rescue” during my engineering years. It was a tricky situation — a company had built a complex app that had turned into

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Hiring

17 Aug 2023 · 5 min read

The Secret Sauce to Attracting Top Engineering Talent

Most of the software developers who we talk to during the hiring interviews are looking for jobs while already having one. I always ask what’s the main reason for

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Hiring

16 Aug 2023 · 6 min read

Crafting Your Dream Team: The Important Skills to Seek in Software Engineers

Imagine that you’re a hiring manager at a tech team. You hired a backend developer, Mark, recently. While brilliant technically, he struggles to collaborate cross-functionally and often misses deadlines

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Hiring

15 Aug 2023 · 4 min read

Coding Tests: Wasted Effort or a Decent Screening Tool?

I’m sure at some point you’ve googled things like “should I do test tasks for job applications?” You’ve likely found tons of posts where developers vent about

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Hiring

14 Aug 2023 · 3 min read

From Intern to Senior: Navigating the Ladder of Engineering Levels

Working in tech these days feels like winning the career jackpot. Sure, we see headlines about layoffs and AI threatening to make developers obsolete. But from where I sit, demand

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Design

29 Apr 2019 · 4 min read

How to Hire a Designer for Your Project

To build an application, you need an interface, and to create an interface, you need a designer.

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Hiring

31 Dec 2018 · 5 min read

Hiring remote developers to build your app

If you don’t know anything about programming then finding the right developer might be a problem. Most of the times you will try to use somebody from your network, but good developers are rarely available for work, so the chances are that everyone you know is busy already.

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Design

24 Dec 2018 · 4 min read

Hiring a UI Designer for your app

You probably have many things to take care of, and your funds are somewhat limited. Why bother hiring a designer? Unfortunately, the expectations of users are very high these days. They're used to products built by big teams that have smooth animations and cutting-edge graphics.

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Hiring

12 Nov 2018 · 4 min read

How to hire developers for a startup

If you’re a startup founder, project manager or development team lead then interviewing and hiring people is your responsibility. Getting wrong people on board can cost you time and

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Hiring

10 Oct 2018 · 4 min read

How to know if you need to hire junior, middle or senior developer?

There are three common developer qualification levels — junior, middle and senior. If you’re new to managing and hiring development teams you might be wondering what makes developer senior or

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Hiring

14 Sep 2018 · 5 min read

How to hire a developer as a non-tech founder

I promised to write some tips about hiring a developer, and that’s exactly what I’m going to do now. I will focus on hiring a remote developer because

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