Hiring
15 posts filed under Hiring.
Hiring Retention Via Culture Fit
We changed one screening step and two senior data engineers are still there, past year two.
Read →Hero DE Burnout Cycle
Praising the engineer who fixes everything at 2am rewards the exact dependency that eventually takes the platform down with them.
Read →The Hiring Gap For Senior DEs
87% of tech leaders rate senior data engineer hiring as difficult. Most of them are bidding against AI startups.
Read →Software Modernization Is Not Architectural Modernization
Software modernization and architectural modernization are different problems with different fixes.
Read →Consolidating from 15 tools to 7 in 2026. Three drivers, none of them innovation
Consolidating from 15 tools to 7 in 2026. Three drivers, none of them innovation.
Read →Brent Is Your Senior Data Engineer
Every data team has a Brent. The one person who knows everything. The one person the org can't afford to lose. The one person who's about to …
Read →The Death of the Full-Stack Data Engineer
Stop hiring full-stack data engineers. They don't exist, and pretending they do is burning your team out.
Read →Platform Scaling Without Hiring
Five times the data. Same number of people. No new hires. The only way through? Rethink the architecture.
Read →Why Companies Hire a Data Architect Consultant (And When You Shouldn't)
You don't always need a data architect consultant. Here's how to know if you do, what to expect, and how to avoid hiring the wrong person.
Read →Data Architecture vs Data Engineering: What's the Difference?
Architects design the blueprint. Engineers build the system. Hire the wrong one first and you'll hire both twice.
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