Landing Your First Data Science Job
Touted as the “next frontier for innovation,” data in the business world has been exploding in recent years, and…
Data Reveals the Top 3 Highest Paid Jobs in Tech
In a job market where employers are in tough competition for talent, it’s no surprise that tech companies have…
Top Engineers Think Beyond Their Job Title
As an engineer, there’s no doubt that technical prowess will carry you far. But there’s a side to engineering…
Planning for and Responding to Software Failures
You’ve probably heard Murphy’s law: “Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong.” That sounds hyperbolic, perhaps because it’s a…
Want To Stand Out Amongst Software Engineers? Try Competitive Programming
In a world full of established talent and up-and-coming self-trained coders, it can be difficult to stand out as…
Hyphenated Routes in Rails
If you've ever looked at a blog post online, chances are the last thing you really paid any attention…
Writing Self-Documenting Code
Writing clear, understandable code for complex systems can be challenging. In this post, we'll explore the concept of self-documenting code…
Getting Started with Kinesis
Amazon Redshift is a great tool for data warehousing. At Hired, we use it in combination with Looker to provide…
Fixtures and Factories: Balancing Trade-offs (Part 1)
ActiveRecord models are at the heart of many Rails applications, so having a fast and convenient way to create…
Top Engineers Think Beyond Their Job Title
As an engineer, there’s no doubt that technical prowess will carry you far. But there’s a side to engineering…
Should You Consider Data Science As A Software Engineer?
In 2009, Google’s Chief Economist claimed “The sexy job in the next 10 years will be statisticians.” Nearly a…
Our Hackathon Helped Us Get Work Done Faster
We finished our yearly hackathon recently and wanted to share what worked well, what we plan to change, and what…
Most In Demand Tech Skills Include JavaScript, Java and Python
With the five most in-demand tech jobs in 2018 all being different flavors of developers, it’s no surprise that…