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Our point of view on hiring, vetting, and building engineering teams that last.
Years of experience don't make someone senior. The title gets handed out too freely, and it costs companies a lot when it does. Here's what actually separates a senior developer from someone who's just been around longer.
Most companies obsess over whether someone knows React 18 or can invert a binary tree. Six months later, they let that person go because they can't communicate. This pattern is fixable.
Most staffing companies send you a resume and a coding test score. We evaluate five dimensions that actually predict whether an engineer will succeed on your team.
Your best engineers ship 3x faster than two years ago because they use AI tools daily. But your hiring process still measures raw coding speed. That disconnect will cost you.
Most remote teams struggle because they copy in-person habits onto a distributed setup. Here's what actually works: how to communicate well, build trust across time zones, and run a team that delivers without micromanagement.
When you need a full team fast but don't want to lose control of the project, neither pure outsourcing nor individual contractors quite fit. Squad as a Service sits in between — and it's worth understanding what makes it different.
Remote staff augmentation works. But only when you understand what it is, when to use it, and what to watch out for. Here's a practical look at how companies are using it to scale without the overhead of traditional hiring.
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