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Back for Day 2 at RecFest USA! 🎪 Missed our panel yesterday on AI broke technical hiring? Swing by booth #RF29 to chat about how TA is leading the fix. We’re right next to the Unplugged Stage — y’all know where to find us 🤠 #RecFest #RecFestUS #technicalhiring #AI

Hey ya'll 🤠 We are live at #RecFestUS 🎪 Come and find us. We're next to the Unplugged stage! cc: RecFest USA, Blake Duncan, Sabrina Lee, Angela Romero

🧰 AI broke tech hiring. We’ve got the fix. We’re bringing CoderPad to UNLEASH World, October 20–22, to share how we help teams hire developers with confidence. And because every recruiter has their own top challenge, we’re setting up a magnet voting wall 🧲 — come add your vote and see what others are struggling with most. See you at booth #D424!

So are AI engineers a real thing? I am….skeptical at best on this. Recently I had the good fortune of being on a webinar with Jeffrey Queisser, co-founder of Box (shout-out to the lovely Jordana Stein, co-founder of Enrich, for hosting). And that was a hot topic. My take? There is no one definition of an AI engineer – and specificity is actually pretty damn important if you want to get the right hire for your needs. Granularity is your friend, #hiringmanagers, and these valuable hires fall into one of three buckets: 1️⃣ A capable engineer, highly familiar with LLMs and relevant APIs, who can build AI tooling into your product with a minimum of fuss 2️⃣ PhD-level AI rockstars who can fill LLM modeling roles. These are unicorn types that most companies cannot (frankly) afford at the high double-digit millions these wunderkinds command 3️⃣ The AI changemaker – this could be more of a task than a job but it’s the person or team that can help inspire, seed and fully embed AI tooling awareness and adoption within your organization So figure out what you actually need – and, no, it can’t just be “an AI engineer.” The clearer you are on what you want and need, the better hire you will eventually land. #AI #AIjobs #technicalhiring #devs #recruiters #hiringmanagers #developers #devjobs

Country roads take you home… to better hiring 🤠 The CoderPad team will be in Nashville for #RecFestUS to talk all things tech hiring at booth #RF29. This year, you’ll also find us on the Unplugged stage with our panel "AI Broke Technical Hiring. TA Is Leading the Fix." Join us on October 15-16 for recruiting insights and a little southern charm. See y’all in Nashville! 🎸 

Technical hiring should reflect the way engineers actually work—collaborating with AI, debugging messy code, and shipping real features. That’s why we're exciting to announce the launch of CoderPad Projects. Projects are hands-on, async challenges in full-stack VS Code environments, designed to mirror your tech stack and workflows. They help you: 👩💻 🔍 Assess job-ready skills v.s. “normal” challenges that are trivial for AI ⚡🤖📊 Speed up decisions with AI-assisted scoring 🌍 🤝🏾 Deliver a better, fairer candidate experience With CoderPad Projects, your team can evaluate candidates based on what matters most: how they build, think, and problem-solve—just like on the job. CoderPad Projects is the answer to future-proofing your technical hiring strategy. Read our the blog post to see what’s live today and what’s coming next. Check out the full announcement here: https://lnkd.in/gyF2-tzZ 

TA Day reminded us of one simple truth: great hiring starts with great people ❤️ This incredible community came together to share insights, tackle challenges, and celebrate everything that makes TA powerful. Grateful for everyone who joined us. Until next time, here are some highlights we loved 📸 cc: Talent Collective