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The 20x Developer Is Real (And It’s Worse Than You Think)
You’ve heard of the mythical 10x developer—the one who seems to do the work of an entire team. But what if the gap is actually much...
Yuliia Yerokhina
Jul 151 min read
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AI is reshaping how developers work—and how teams perform
Used effectively, it’s a powerful accelerator. Used carelessly, it introduces risk and confusion. Junior engineers are increasingly...
Yuliia Yerokhina
Jul 81 min read
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When Labels Disappear, Leaders Emerge: A Case Study in Bias-Free Engineering
A tech company ran an experiment: remove all engineering titles and evaluate team members purely on performance. The results were...
Yuliia Yerokhina
Jul 31 min read
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Hiring Remotely Without Risk: Strategies for Transparency and Output
The # 1 mistake tech leaders make with remote hires? Assuming hours worked = value delivered. In the latest CTO Teachings, we dig into...
Yuliia Yerokhina
May 141 min read
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Let Them Use ChatGPT
What if your interview process is filtering out your strongest developers?  We’ve seen it happen when companies block AI tools like...
Yuliia Yerokhina
Apr 241 min read
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The Hiring Trap 95% of Managers Fall Into
Talent > Skills: What We’ve Learned From 500+ Interviews. Ever hired a Java rockstar who crashed and burned? Or passed on a...
Yuliia Yerokhina
Apr 211 min read
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Why Baselining Your Technical Interviews is a Game-Changer
Want to improve your hiring process? In our first article, we share why baselining your technical interviews can help you hire the best...
Yuliia Yerokhina
Apr 111 min read
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Startup Ground 0
Coming from Java/C#/Scala and back into javascript world but now with typescript, I am a bit rusty in this world. Regardless, I bring a...
Dean Hiller
Jul 24, 20242 min read
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The Perfect Development Environment Part 1
I tend to talk in black and white quite a bit but people who know me realize when certain use-cases do not fit, even I break from my...
Dean Hiller
Jun 18, 20226 min read
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Incorrectly adding stories with points?
Ping me on linked-in if you are interested in the beta release of pivotaltracker's new prediction system. Also, a huge thanks to Meenu...
Dean Hiller
Jun 9, 20225 min read
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Art of Alignment for Dev Teams
I have been blessed to have known the author of "The Art of Alignment" and even got to review the book before it came out. It is really a...
Dean Hiller
Jun 2, 20222 min read
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Typescript/Javascript vs. Enterprise Development
Coming from Enterprise Development and a history of Startups, when I first started getting into Typescript and dealing with package...
Dean Hiller
Jun 2, 20223 min read
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Hiring for Productivity vs. Algorithms/Skills
There is no scientific study behind this blog and one based in 100% opinion but it is made to get you thinking of a potential new...
Dean Hiller
Jun 1, 20224 min read
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Legacy Monoliths to Microservices
This is a continuation of a previous topic "Monoliths can scale into Microservices?" however this article is about getting through a...
Dean Hiller
May 30, 20223 min read
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Monoliths can scale into Microservices?
We are going to divide this subject into two articles Creating a monolith that easily scales to microservices Moving a monolith that had...
Dean Hiller
May 29, 20224 min read
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Can a violation of REST be good?
I have now had two different teams unanimously vote to violate REST, but this sounds extremely bad. Why would we ever want to violate...
Dean Hiller
May 26, 20224 min read
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Work around the Hiring Struggle
Left and right I am hearing people mention how much trouble it is to hire right now. There is a huge focus on hiring. Let's take a...
Dean Hiller
Mar 19, 20222 min read
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What's got your attention?
Being more connected to the world has really made my attention change during world events. Normally, I have a weakness of not being...
Dean Hiller
Mar 16, 20221 min read
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