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Hiring, Fast and Slow

Hiring screening optimizes for fast thinking, but IT success depends on slow thinking.

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When should you assign technical homework during an interview?

I once worked with a company that had a take-home assignment as the first stage of an interview process. Ugh. Here are my suggested alternatives.

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What if we can't afford to hire an expert?

When you can't afford to hire an expert, “moneyball it”. Hire a fractional expert.

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Who to hire first: A senior or junior?

For a first hire, select a candidate with seniority in line with the role's ability to destroy your business.

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What are your least favorite things?

One simple question that can help separate the novices from the experts.

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Are your hiring filters working?

How often would an otherwise great candidate simply not continue the application process due to your filtering criteria?

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People are naturally great

For the vast majority of roles, hiring the "best" is simply a waste of recruitment time and effort.

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The hidden costs of hiring too fast

I was making really great progress at instilling a culture of quality until the pressure above from to "hire more people!"

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What to look for when hiring an engineer

Just about the last thing I really care about is someone's actual ability to code.

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A simple way to improve your technical onboarding

Somewhere, long ago, I learned of a technique I like to employ when onboarding new team members

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A DevOps role by any other name...

Can we avoid conflating DevOps with operations in job titles?