Hiring
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Managing people I understand
Managing people I understand Content warning: this may be (even) more philosophical than usual. What triggered those ramblings is me sharing something I often say "I cannot imagine managing a...
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Hiring strategies
Part of my octopus job is often to run a team - which sometimes means creating it, and so be in charge of hiring. While I'm no hiring specialist, I did hire around 20 developers during my career...
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Seniority Reloaded
I'm by all possible measures a "Senior Developer" - at 46 years and 20+ in tech, I guess I've been one for a while. To be honest, in an industry that "seniorize" people after 5...
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I'm no rockstar, you're not Google, and that's ok
The IT sector is known for using hype and various superlative about developers: things like "Java rockstar", "Wordpress Guru" or "Front End ninja" can frequently be found...
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Dear recruiter, I won't accept your invitation to connect
Dear (LinkedIn) recruiter, No, I won't accept your invitation to connect. This is not personal - it's because in my 20 years of career recruiters have been utterly useless. I guess this sounds harsh,...
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