Stevie Buckley·Jul 11, 2018Setting a better standard for job advertisingThe standard, accepted practice for advertising job vacancies simply isn’t good enough. I say this from the perspective of someone who has…A response icon4A response icon4
Stevie Buckley·Mar 14, 2018What your job ad says about youI have written and read so many job adverts over the years that I have almost become immune to phrases like “rockstar developer”. That’s a…A response icon2A response icon2
Stevie Buckley·Mar 1, 2018Honesty is the new game changerI really hate the phrase “game changer”. It’s right up there in the TechBro lexicon alongside disrupt, growth hacking, hustle and burn the…A response icon8A response icon8
InHackerNoon.combyStevie Buckley·Jan 5, 2018On loyalty to your employerI’ve just returned to London having spent the past two weeks back home in Cork where I spent an awful lot of time with my father, a man who…A response icon27A response icon27
Stevie Buckley·Nov 8, 2017Rejecting Great CandidatesWe are all familiar with the old recruitment trope of interviewing for a job only to get a generic, impersonal rejection email with no…A response icon1A response icon1
Stevie Buckley·Sep 25, 2017Ping pong, desk beers, and employee benefitsOver the past ten years, I’ve worked with UK tech companies of all shapes and sizes. From the suited and booted “be at your desk by 8am and…A response icon10A response icon10
Stevie Buckley·May 8, 2017Tech Nation 2017: At the forefront of bad dataEarlier this year Tech City released “the most comprehensive analysis of the UK Digital Tech Ecosystem” and, unsurprisingly, I had a little…
Stevie Buckley·Feb 2, 2017So you want to be a developer…These days, the barrier to entry for becoming a software developer is significantly lower than I ever remember it being. Companies are…A response icon5A response icon5
Stevie Buckley·May 26, 2016The worst tech interview questionsEmployers that ask these questions learn nothing more than how willing you are to sacrifice your dignity for their benefit.A response icon2A response icon2
Stevie Buckley·Feb 4, 20161% of Nothing is Still NothingThe disparity between the US and the UK in terms of the value of equity/options when negotiating a new contract is immense. This particular…