This insane tech hiring market (Changelog Interviews #464)

This week we’re joined by Gergely Orosz and we’re talking about the insane tech hiring market we’re in right now. Gergely was on the show a year ago talking about growing as a software engineer and his book The Tech Resume Inside Out. Now he’s laser focused on Substack with actionable advice for engineering managers and engineers, with a focus on big tech and high-growth startups. On today’s show we dig into his recent coverage of “the perfect storm” that’s causing this insane tech hiring market.

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Featuring:

• Gergely Orosz – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
• Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

• blog.pragmaticengineer.com
• The Perfect Storm Causing an Insane Tech Hiring Market
• The FB engineering manager interview process
• What are ways you can prepare for a software engineering or engineering manager promotion ahead of time?
• The Web 2.0 Show #63: Twilio - Telephony in the Cloud
• Jeff Lawson and his book Ask Your Developer
• Chris Herd on Twitter — “Every time a competitor mentions return to office our recruiters reach out to their people. We’ve hired 15+ of their engineers in the last 2 months.”
• The Changelog #422: Growing as a software engineer with Gergely Orosz
• Anonymous job search with Djinni.co

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