Operational Skills Needed

Over the years, I’ve interviewed many candidates. One crucial skill that often gets overlooked is operational reflexes during oncalls. Surprisingly, few companies test for this, yet it’s a capability that greatly distinguishes engineers. There is a gap in interviewing. Some of the candidates excel in code interviews and system design but not on the operational side of things. They can […]

Becoming a Rockstar Engineer

In the software development realm, people often debate about 10x engineers or rockstars. But what does that really mean? How can you become one? There isn’t an easy answer, but I’ll try to explain what I believe it is. Over time, the industry has realized that being a “rockstar engineer” has little to do with producing elegant code or hitting […]