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    The Rung Contract · 4 min Competency matrices describe skills. Apprenticeship needs a contract per rung: permission, evidence, reviewer, a promotion rule two managers apply alike. leadership teams ai The New Talent Stack: Product, Platform, and Applied AI Must Work as One System · 2 min AI organizations create leverage when product, platform, and applied AI are designed as one operating system instead of three kingdoms. teams ai platform-engineering Hiring for AI Teams: The Operator Profile That Scales · 3 min The AI hires that scale are operators who handle ambiguity, systems tradeoffs, and verification pressure. Four traits and four interview questions. hiring ai leadership Building AI Teams: Ownership and Evaluation Beat Hiring · 4 min Most AI team failures come from unclear ownership and weak evaluation, not missing talent. Team structures that work, who to hire, and the operating loop. ai teams hiring AI Engineering Is Its Own Discipline Now · 4 min AI engineering is not ML research with a product hat. It is the work of making models behave in production, and it needs its own hiring profile. ai hiring llm 2022 Year in Review: The Year the Music Stopped · 5 min A personal look back at 2022: building through the downturn, watching ChatGPT arrive, and what the year taught me about building things that last. year-in-review reflection ai Tech Layoffs 2022: What I Saw From the Inside · 5 min What I saw during the 2022 tech layoff wave, and what helps engineering teams survive contraction without burning out. leadership teams hiring Engineering Onboarding: Ship a Real PR by Day Three · 4 min Most engineering onboarding wastes the first week on access requests and context overload. The fix is simple: ship a real PR by day three. hiring leadership teams Remote Engineering Interviews: What I Changed Over Zoom · 4 min Whiteboard coding over Zoom is broken. What I do instead when hiring engineers remotely: take-home plus code review, tested tools, 45-minute sessions. hiring remote-work engineering Engineering Onboarding: First PR on Day One · 6 min Most engineering onboarding is a polite abandonment ritual. What I've learned across startups about getting new engineers shipping fast. hiring engineering teams Technical Interviews: Work Samples Beat Whiteboard Puzzles · 6 min Most technical interviews test the wrong things. What hiring engineers at a fintech startup taught me: work samples, pairing, deep dives, and rubrics. hiring engineering leadership Engineering Manager vs Tech Lead: How the Roles Differ · 5 min Engineering manager vs tech lead: what each role does day to day, how we split them at a fintech startup, and how to test which track fits you. hiring leadership engineering Technical Leadership Without Authority: What Works · 5 min A senior title meant little at a small fintech startup. How I earned technical influence instead: one-page proposals, leading with the problem, and allies. leadership engineering hiring Hiring Engineers When You Can't Compete on Salary · 6 min You can't outpay Big Tech. How I hired strong engineers at a mobility startup in 2016 by selling impact, speed, real autonomy, and honesty about pay. hiring startups engineering
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