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April 28, 2022

How to Write Job Descriptions for Software Engineers

By Casey Higgins

There's a lot to think about when writing job descriptions for software engineers. But with the right approach, you can create a listing that will help you find and hire the next 10x problem solver for your team.

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April 22, 2022

Performance Reviews for Software Engineers

By Casey Higgins

As an engineering team manager, the job of the performance review is to help motivate your report to get to the next level. But conducting them can sometimes be daunting. Here are some tips for conducting a review that's fair, honest, and effective.

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April 22, 2022

HackerNews Hot Takes With Wes Part 3: Engineering Managers Ghost Candidates

By Casey Higgins

Engineering managers are busy. Taking the time to send candidates meaningful feedback can create a bottleneck in the interview process - and thus is often skipped.

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April 19, 2022

6 Essential Criteria to Evaluate Software Engineers

By Wes Winham

Focus on these six areas to evaluate software engineers and hire the best, most qualified person for your team.

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April 15, 2022

HackerNews Hot Takes With Wes Part 2: Senior Engineers Don't Want to Take Code Quizzes

By Casey Higgins

Senior engineers don't want to take code quizzes. Should they have to? Let's hear Wes' response to a HackerNews post where a candidate is feeling burnt out from the interview process.

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April 14, 2022

HackerNews Hot Takes With Wes Part 1: Are Recruiters Lying About Remote?

By Casey Higgins

Are Big Tech recruiters lying to candidates to fill open roles? Wes weighs in on this week's contentious HackerNews topic.

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March 25, 2022

New Feature Drop: Mark Candidate As Hired

By Wes Winham

Woven's new feature – Mark as Hired – allows you to track the status of candidates during technical interviews. It even updates Slack when you change the status to "Hired".

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February 25, 2022

Tech Interview Platform Woven Launches "Woven Match" and Lands $8m Investment to Make Hiring Developers Radically Better

By Casey Higgins

Today, Woven, a tech interview platform for hiring engineers at software companies, announced that it’s launching “Woven Match”.

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February 25, 2022

Managing Mental Health, With Micah Weaver

By Kevin Huynh

According to the Stack Overflow 2018 Developer Survey, nearly one in five developers say that they struggle with mood disorders, anxiety disorders, or both.

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February 25, 2022

Leveling The Playing Field For Software Engineers

By Kevin Huynh

As a company that provides technical assessments, he says to try not to judge software engineers by their resumes. When hiring tech talent, degrees are less important than previous work experience and personal projects.

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February 25, 2022

Joe Montana Scored 168% More Than His Entire Career Football Earnings On This One Deal

By Casey Higgins

After hanging up his cleats, Montana found his way into venture capital and has spent the past six years investing in startups. Her's how he helped deliver a $42m touchdown.

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February 25, 2022

Hooks added to Woven React Scenario

By Wes Winham

Hooks showed up with React 16.8. They’ve since become the modern standard to use state and other React features without writing a class

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