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As above - what strategies have people got for attracting senior engineers to join a company full-time, when it's pretty much impossible to match day rates pro-rata in the contract…

Just communicate that setting a _priority_ for a bug is fine, but a timescale isn't, as you don't know what you don't know. Then let them know what resources you need to figure it …

Always seems to be very popular with a certain type of engineer. I personally prefer to create much better looking diagrams in about 1/10th of the time using draw.io

No it hasn't

A shocking injustice. Innocent people went to prison for years. There was clearly a cover up at Fujitsu and the Post Office, and those accountable should now be prosecuted.

Please don't lecture me about what I do and don't think, thank you.

This was a good read. Many tech companies (and some non-tech companies) talk the talk about hiring from a diverse crowd, then interview them as if they're all CS bros (reverse a tr…

Having to reverse a binary tree or some other associated nonsense for a frontend UI role meant I turned the interview process at Google down. That and about 6 prospective hours of …

Zero interest? 99% of people I speak to would have no idea what the "command line" even is, let alone be interested in it.

I enjoyed this map that highlights where most people live.

A limited liability company may mean you're personally not liable, but your business can still be made bankrupt which isn't much better.

I don't think you (just) need to set up some examples, you need to use your own product on your own homepage. Looks good btw.

Surely the one thing that should be on the Magic Bell homepage is a Magic Bell I can click on and see what this product is?

Unfortunately a lot of people are quite happy to pay to post absolute nonsense online, because it's their only outlet and makes them feel validated.

I look forward to hearing how the mother who has kids to look after, and already has to work far beyond working hours to satisfy psychotic hiring practices focussing on algorithm k…

The thing I really want from my heart surgeon is not so much surgical experience, but tons of positive energy in meetings, a penchant for creative woodworking in their spare time, …

Is it, really? Or is it more often than not just a facade for the same old hiring practices. Faced with someone who "loves gardening!!" vs. someone who has a ton of OSS contributio…

Why on earth would a passion for gardening make them any more of a better hire for you? You pay them (presumably) in return for their time and skills as a programmer, not a gardene…

Let's hope they're not trying to log in with Google on their phones, because that hasn't worked for about a year now.

"You need to be able to answer the "what have you done for our users lately" question with "not much but I got promoted" and be happy with that answer to be successful in Corp-Tech…

Specifically the last claim of a "cure"

I can't find a single bit of evidence to support your post, so I'll go out on a limb and say stop spreading fake news.

I agree. The fact we've invented insane frameworks like Gatsby to create "static websites" is just totally mindboggling to me. We already have "static site builder" technology. It'…