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Notes on hiring,
getting hired,
and the gap
in between.

Writing about how developers and companies actually meet — pricing your inbox, filtering recruiters, hiring without LinkedIn, and the economics of technical talent.

How to Make Your GitHub Profile Stand Out to Recruiters

A practical 90-second audit for turning your GitHub profile and pinned repositories into clear evidence for the right technical opportunities.

How to Create a Developer Profile Link Recruiters Can Actually Use

Turn your GitHub, projects, and work preferences into a professional developer profile link that helps the right recruiters contact you — and filters the rest.

How to Respond to Recruiters as a Software Engineer: A 10-Minute Triage System

A practical system for software engineers to decide which recruiter messages deserve a reply, ask for the facts that matter, and decline the rest without spending their week in calls.

The AI-Driven Shift: How Machine Learning is Transforming Tech Recruitment in 2026

Discover how AI and machine learning are revolutionizing tech hiring, improving candidate matching, and reshaping recruitment workflows in 2026.

The AI Revolution in Tech Recruiting: What Developers Need to Know in 2026

Discover how AI is transforming tech recruiting in 2026. Learn what developers should expect and how to stand out in an AI-driven job market.

The AI-Powered Recruiter: How Machine Learning is Transforming Tech Hiring in 2026

Discover how AI and machine learning are revolutionizing tech recruiting in 2026, from candidate sourcing to skill assessment and beyond.

The Great Tech Recruiting Paradox: Layoffs, Stress, and the Search for Stability

Explore the contradictions shaping tech recruiting in 2026: layoff fears, AI acceleration, and the real shortage of specialized developers.

The Ghost Job Problem: How Tech Companies Are Wasting Your Time

Discover why tech companies post fake job openings and how to identify ghost jobs before wasting time applying.

The Ghost Job Epidemic: Why Tech Companies Keep Posting Jobs That Never Get Filled

Discover why ghost jobs plague tech recruiting and how one developer built a tool to expose companies posting fake job listings.

How to stop recruiter spam as a developer

Cold outreach scales for recruiters because it costs them nothing. The fix isn't filters — it's making contact cost something.

How to price your developer profile

What's the right number for an inbound message? Too low and you get noise; too high and you get nothing. A practical framework based on seniority, scarcity, and the cost of your time.

How to hire senior engineers without LinkedIn

LinkedIn InMail has a 3% response rate for technical roles. Here's what works instead — and why paying the developer to read your message changes the math entirely.

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