Bryan and Adam were joined by Gergely Orosz, the Pragmatic Engineer, to talk about Oxide's hiring process, the experiences that led to that process, and hiring generally. There's a lot there for anyone interested in hiring or being hired... and especially for anyone who's considered applying to Oxide!

In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by special guest Gergely Orosz.
The "Litter Box" is what we call the recording studio... thus named for reasons best left to the imagination

• Oxide Hiring Process
• The Pragmatic Engineer
• Oxide and Friends: Tech Layoffs (Nov. 8, 2022)
• The Oxide RFD process
• The Psychopath Test
• Oxide Principles and Values
• Adam's detente with the American Hockey League
• Leventhal's conundrum - there is a performance pathology, find the butterfly that caused the hurricane.
• Compensation as a Reflection of Values
• Light's Out: Pride, Delusion, and the Fall of GE
• Gergely's new book The Software Engineer's Guidebook

If we got something wrong or missed something, please file a PR! Our next show will likely be on Monday at 5p Pacific Time on our Discord server; stay tuned to our Mastodon feeds for details, or subscribe to this calendar. We'd love to have you join us, as we always love to hear from new speakers!