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Cover Letters as a Differentiator
I’ve been doing a lot of hiring lately. So I’ve been thinking about how people can differentiate themselves from the pack. It’s an interesting proposition when there are so many people out there with great work and life experience that can help them contribute to and enhance a team. One of the trends I have…
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Getting to a Middle Ground Between Monolith and Microservices
It’s difficult to think about micro services without considering the large management overhead the goes with it. In many cases, a micro service architecture might even make technical sense and not business sense. These two are completely separate but very important considerations. Microservices comes with more technical management because they require actual components to deploy,…
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The Easiest Way to Build a Hiring Pipeline
One of the most challenging parts of building a business is finding great people. I think that’s probably a universal struggle that businesses have. Everyone knows that great people are out there. But finding them and attracting them is decidedly difficult. But what if there was an easier way to find them? Well I’m glad…
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Interviewing Programmers When You Barely Are One
I suck at writing code. It’s just not one of my strengths. This begs the question, how can one do a good job of finding someone who is good at the thing (programming) you aren’t? I know I’m not the only in this position. But this isn’t a question of finding people for a job…
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Trying to Choke People is One of the Best Ways to Make Friends
Now I’m not saying you walk around the streets choking every bloke you see. But I am suggesting that, more broadly, having an activity that normally brings people together and finding its practitioners in new places is a great way to ingratiate yourself to people. Perhaps I should explain a bit more… I’ve been training…
