Guides
How to hire developers, done right
Tactical, no-fluff guides on scoping roles, writing job descriptions that filter, and interviewing for real skill. Everything here you can do yourself, whether or not you hire through us.
- A 30/60/90 day onboarding plan for software developers A practical 30/60/90 day onboarding plan for newly hired software developers: pre-day-one setup, a first-week checklist, a real first task, and ramp metrics.
- How to design a technical interview process that predicts on-the-job performance A practical blueprint for a developer interview loop that predicts job performance: funnel stages, take-home versus live coding, scorecards, and the debrief.
- How to hire a React developer A practical, step-by-step guide to hiring a React developer: how to scope the role, write the job description, screen for real skill, and avoid bad hires.
- How to retain senior engineers (and why they actually leave) The real reasons strong software engineers quit: bad management, no growth path, stale work, comp drift, and broken process, with a specific fix for each.
- How to write a developer job description How to write a software developer job description that attracts strong candidates: what to include, what to cut, salary and remote details, plus a template.
- Senior engineer interview questions that actually work The best interview questions for vetting a senior software engineer, grouped by what each reveals: architecture judgment, tradeoffs, debugging, and ambiguity.
- What drives developer compensation, and what a hire really costs A practical guide to developer compensation: the levers that set pay, how to read rate ranges, the real cost of an in-house hire versus a contractor, and bands.