Helping tech recruiters vet client requirements and job candidates for technical roles by blending 20+ years of Engineering & Recruiting experience.
Womp womp (I jinxed it lmao)
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Hey so....yeah, that workshop? Turns out, her audience wanted a virtual workshop so she moved it to Tuesday. Why can't I do Tuesday, you ask? I'm doing my own live workshop for my students in Social QA Bootcamp. Showing them how to do API test automation with Playwright. And I'm picking my wife up from work halfway into the workshop so.... ...yeah. Priorities 😉 Nothing says I can't still hop on a call with the marketing coach/musician when we both have a spare moment, but it seems it won't be in the super-near future. Stay tuned for more on that (eventually). In other news, I'm getting more and more excited about the relaunch in May. I know, it's a long ways a way, but...I've got a lot of new Playwright content coming your way:
And I'm locking it all inside Social QA Bootcamp. By the end of the year, this bootcamp will contain most of what I know about Playwright. And that's a decent amount at this point. I know y'all said you want more Python Playwright content and I aim to deliver that to you this year, too. Maybe in a smaller format like a self-guided course or a live workshop. You tell me which sounds more appealing:
Have a fun weekend, Steven |
The Better Vetter Letter
Helping tech recruiters vet client requirements and job candidates for technical roles by blending 20+ years of Engineering & Recruiting experience.
Reader, A few years back, I partnered with a manager at Ally Financial who had been with the firm for years and was rolling out Cypress across multiple departments. This wasn’t a short-term fix. These were long-term, contract-to-hire initiatives. The manager already had a strong development lead in place. What he needed was QA talent that could truly match that level. Early on, he walked me through upcoming projects and the friction points he expected to hit.That context mattered and we...
Reader, This is a Senior Full Stack Engineer req I pulled from LPL Financial's careers page. REQ: https://career.lpl.com/job/R-047752/Engineer-II-Net-Full-Stack-Engineer screenshot just in case it gets taken down over the weekend lol So how do you vet candidates for this? For an Engineer II (senior), you are looking for the transition from "following instructions" to "owning outcomes." Years of experience are irrelevant if the candidate can prove they’re achieving at the appropriate level....
Reader,You struggle to vet technical requirements and position yourself to manage the decision maker well enough to move the deal forward. I’m not asking you. I’m telling you. I’m a boots on the ground full desk rep. I’ve had to think creatively to make matches work. I’ve also worked with hundreds of sales and recruiting leaders and sat in on their client conversations. When capable operators stall on true opportunities, it usually comes down to one thing: insufficient technical depth to spot...