One tiny chain reaction, a tempting wrong solution, and the O(n) reasoning worth taking into your next interview. Before you scroll to the Python, try this tiny input in your head. [4, 7, 3, -9] Positive numbers move right, negative numbers move left, and…
The federal WARN Act asks many employers with 100 or more employees to give at least 60 calendar days of written notice before a plant closing or mass layoff (U.S. Department of Labor). Each state publishes the notices it receives. I pulled them…
Layoff headlines are about the big ones. The public WARN notice lists tell a different story. I combined 6,644 notices from 25 state labor agencies (Oct 2024 to Oct 2026) and counted. The median notice names 43 workers. 54% name 50 or fewer. Only 34 notices (0.5%) name 1,000 or…
The federal WARN Act asks many employers with 100 or more employees to give at least 60 calendar days of written notice before a plant closing or mass layoff (U.S. Department of Labor). Each state publishes the notices it receives. I pulled them…
Layoffs more than doubled in 10 states in 2026 year-to-date figures, with New Hampshire posting the steepest percentage increase, according to a new analysis that shows sharp differences in how job cuts are changing across America. The study, conducted by Bridge Point…
Technical interviews are stressful, and the hardest part for me was never the knowledge itself. It was recalling the right example under pressure. Here is the prep routine I settled on after a few rounds of trial and error. Before…
Six years later, "process" stopped being something a candidate describes after the fact. If you're on the other side of this, hiring instead of applying, the founder-facing version of the same scorecard is the first DevRel hire should not be…
A technical problem in a video interview creates an impression that has nothing to do with your qualifications. You can recover from a slow internet connection if you acknowledge it and move on. You cannot easily recover from the hiring…
The company website will tell you the company's version of itself: values, mission, what it's like to work there. Most of this is aspirational rather than descriptive. The more useful question is: what is it actually like to work there?
You'll spend 30–60 minutes in a conversation with someone you've never met. That person has a professional history, areas of expertise, ways they think about their work, and things they care about — all of which are relevant to how you prepare.
Developer Jobs and Layoffs in Programming: the news, the names and what changed.
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