Last week we had our annual Team Hang. I haven't found many blogs about team offsites so wanted to share a small part of what we've learned after running 5 of these.

Last Friday we celebrated our 6th birthday with a party on the Glenmore Rooftop. Huge thanks to everybody who came and to everybody who has been supporting us along the way.

We're excited to welcome Debbie to the Sydney team today. Debbie has been working on the web since table layouts were a thing and most recently spent 4 years as a product manager with a startup.

Today is G's last day, after 5 years with us at Lookahead Search. When she joined it was just Martin Kelly and I in a small room in The Rocks.

In Sydney next month a bunch of people from underrepresented groups are going to RubyConf. In April over in Melbourne, you'll see fresh faces at CSSConf and JSConf.

457 visa grants for Developer Programmers are down 41.5% and Software Engineer are down 18.1%. For now, employers who do sponsor have a huge competitive advantage.

We're stoked to be sponsoring Front End Center, which is a screencast series made by Glen Maddern. Glen puts a tonne of time into each episode and he's one of Australia's most skilled developers.

Share whether or not to go to the next round, but not detailed interview notes with future interviewers. We're trying to balance not going in the cold while also not being told how to feel about a person.

Ten years ago I took my first gig in recruiting. The idea was to spend a few years understanding the industry, then figure out what I really wanted to do in tech.

Hannah, Matt and I will be working together on hiring executive roles in Sydney and Melbourne. We're best suited to hiring software engineers who have graduated into technical leadership positions.