Selective Acquihiring
It was around 5 pm on a lazy weekday afternoon. I still remember peering out into the mostly empty parking lot, the bright Californian sun blunted with tinted glass in my tiny conference room, on...
Interview
Textbook Answers
One of the first interview questions I learned to give, as a new grad engineer a couple months out of college, was asking candidates how to detect a cycle in a linked list. I was...
The Technical Interview Prep Cottage Industry
In writing about the software engineering gold rush, it was mostly through the lenses of my own career, observations made: * As a college student during the boom and bust of the dotcom era, * Through a...
Keynote: Mapping a Career in Leadership
A couple weeks ago, I had the privilege of performing a keynote speech for a meetup of engineering managers and leaders in San Francisco. Hosted by a community that is, well, called exactly that—San...
SimpleLeadership Podcast
I listen to plenty of podcasts, but I haven't had a chance to participate in one...until now. A huge thanks to Christian McCarrick and his SimpleLeadership podcast for inviting me to chat...
Donald Trump and the Job Interview Gambit
I ran across this tweet a couple weeks back, on Donald Trump’s platform as he accepted the Republication party’s nomination for the presidency: I can't emphasize enough how crucial it is that the country a candidate accuses of sucking not be the one he's running for office in. — Jonathan...