Notes · From the desk
What a Java search keeps leaving out.
Short notes. No fill-rate promises. The company name, the engagement type, and the feedback are the parts that get skipped.
Method · January 14, 2026
A Java search that hides the company is already late
The firm’s own standard is that the candidate knows the target. A blind requisition is how good engineers stop answering.
Engineering · February 3, 2026
Spring on a résumé is not a staff engineer
The useful screen is the system they have owned: an incident, an interface, a migration. The framework is context.
Architecture · March 2, 2026
An architect who will not sit with the code
Some seats need a designer who still reads the pull request. Some need a boundary owner. The brief has to choose.
Engagement · April 9, 2026
Say contract or direct before the third call
The firm publishes both contract and direct placement. Mixing them in one requisition is how trust leaks.
Leadership · May 21, 2026
Hiring a CTO when the founders are still the architecture
The title is the easy part. Span of control, the inherited stack, and whether they are expected to code decide the search.
Candidates · June 18, 2026
Prompt feedback is the product
The firm says candidates always receive prompt feedback. That only counts if a no is as plain as a yes.