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hiring★ popular

The JD is lying to you. Here's how to read it.

Every job description is a wishlist written by a committee after the real hiring manager left the room. What it says and what they'll actually accept are two different things.

Read →Jun 2026 · 6 min read
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salary

Why your total comp number is a fiction.

Adding unvested equity, a signing bonus you might not get, and a benefits estimate to your base salary and calling it "total comp" is a trick. Here's how to make the comparison honest.

May 2026 · 8 minRead →
interviewing

The 3 questions that end interviews early.

Most candidates save questions for the end. The ones that get offers ask them in the middle. Here are the three questions that tell you more about a company than a month of research.

May 2026 · 5 minRead →
for companies

What an 18-month retention rate actually measures.

Retention at one year is a lagging signal for a matching decision made a year prior. Here's what it tells you, what it doesn't, and how to use it to evaluate your hiring process.

Apr 2026 · 7 minRead →
career

"Staff engineer" means something different at every company.

At a 20-person startup it's the second engineer. At a 2,000-person company it's a principal with scope over three teams. Applying without knowing which one you're interviewing for is the most common mistake senior engineers make.

Apr 2026 · 9 minRead →
negotiation★ popular

You can push back on an offer. Here's the script.

Most engineers accept the first number because they don't know what to say. We've helped close 400+ offers. This is what works.

Mar 2026 · 6 minRead →
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