I wanted to kick off this series of blog posts with a bit of a modern classic for good reason, as you may see it frequently pop up and it’s a good context setting question for others to build off of. For those unfamiliar, the premise is simple: “You sit down at a computer and open up your favorite browser,… Read more →
External recruiters, also referred to as third party, contingency, or agency recruiters, differ from internal recruiters as they work for a placement firm rather than a tech company directly. They still want well qualified candidates to put in front of an interview panel, but lacking the direct integration, they instead maintain a network of companies that are looking for candidates.… Read more →
Internal recruiters, sometimes called in-house or corporate recruiters, are hired by and work exclusively for the company you’re applying to. They’ll understand the needs of the specific business closely, as they’re developing a tighter relationship being on “the inside”. Along with this, they may have a bit of a marketing aspect to their work as well to help sell the… Read more →
Best practices aren’t universal and the use of the term without deeper consideration can be problematic. They’re straightforward, simplistic answers to difficult questions. Quick answers can at times work in our favor, a way to avoid cognitive overhead and set a clear path to a solution. In fact, we regularly need shortcuts in our day to day work to be… Read more →
Job postings will likely be your first step towards getting any in-depth info about a role. You may have colleagues who can give you inside info or the company may be well known enough that you can get an idea of what you may do, but that may not give you as much about specifics. More often than not, you’re… Read more →
One of the fallacies about our collective approach to retrospectives, incident reviews, and post mortems is the belief that the entire process is a rational machine. Pour in a curated series of events, turn the handle, and out pop all of the action items that need completing to fix the world. I can’t speak to every industry that practices Resilience… Read more →
At Jeli, we’re building the world’s best incident analysis tools. With decades of combined knowledge from our time at tech’s leading companies, we’ve developed deep insights into how users can better understand their shared experiences. We’ve seen these problems directly in our time as engineers throughout the stack. We’ve delved into countless incidents after the fact to make sense of… Read more →
It’s ok to be in tech for the money. You want to get paid for hard work and software engineering jobs tend to pay well. There’s no shame in making that a big part of your search. We can love our job, the mission our company is taking on, and the people we work with, but it has to pay… Read more →
Before moving to the suburbs, I had been living in NYC for 12+ years, so my skills with a set of tools aren’t extensive. There are lots of problems I could eventually fix with significant time and money invested into projects, as I do like my projects to tinker with, but I don’t have infinite resources to do all the… Read more →
Developing a tech focused background from an educational institution doesn’t require committing yourself to four years and sizable financial debt. Universities can be expensive and while a well rounded education can be incredibly beneficial, you may want a more focused learning experience concentrated on your area of interest. That’s where code schools come in. Code schools, also known as bootcamps,… Read more →