Disclaimer: I'm not a psychotherapist. This whole post is based on my individual observations & experiences - these may apply to you, but also may not. Don't blame me, but if you find these scribblings relevant, toss me a +1. I'm not going to cover...
This article is all about tech recruitment interviews, but in particular: why tech skills are necessary but not sufficient, what are open questions used for, why you should always have your own questions (that make sense ...), that without high "work-awareness" you're not credible, during the...
> TL;DR We spend ridiculous amount of time on verifying job candidates' technical proficiency, analytical thinking, communication skills, but we rarely ask them for what they really aim for. Companies enforce their career models & internal goals / definitions of success w/o examining what really drives a potentially...
> TL;DR Judging software engineeer's potential is not easy. Skill is in fact of secondary importance, experience may be a subject of diminishing returns, passion can manifest in very different forms. Fortunately there's one, particular personal trait, the one I call an Ability To Execute...
> TL;DR - Sometimes I get an impression that there are people who got "promoted" to Senior Developer even before releasing anything to production ... Clearly the length of tenure is not the key determinant here, but neither should be the 100% memorizing of given framework's / library...
> TL;DR - These are not just great times to be a Software Engineer - it's even better to be a Software Engineering Manager. Plenty of open development opportunities help in shaping your own, individual professional profile. Physical world borders are far less constraining in that industry. True engineering...
