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Welcome to Rails Girls, here's your caffeine.
Here at Lookahead we get a special view of our industry. Above and beyond the awesome companies we talk to each day and our amazing candidates we also see things from the 10,000 foot view.
Changes to superannuation
You’ve probably heard the news: the superannuation guarantee (SG) rate will gradually increase from 9% to 12% between 1 July 2013 and 1 July 2019 (ATO).
Your resume is your pitch deck
Much of my recent career has been as a Rails developer within startups. In startup-land, pitching is a daily occurrence.
Two great reads
Two of my favourite recruiting related articles, both more than 6 years old. The Phone Screen, by Joel Spolsky & A Glimpse and a Hook, by Michael Lopp.
One More Thing
We love hanging out with the iOS community and when we heard the One More Thing conference was coming around again, I took the quick hop down to Melbourne.
Speaking at IT18 conference
Last month I spoke at the IT18 conference, which was the first IT recruitment conference in Sydney.
MongoDB March Madness Hackathon
In March, we proudly sponsored the Sydney leg of MongoDB’s global hackathon at Fishburners. First place was claimed by Josh Stevenson (@lemon_lime) and Andy Sharman (@udjamaflip) for their live dashboarding platform, Leafblower. The pair went on to beat international competition from the USA and London to win the global competition outright.
RubyConf coffee sponsors
We’re proud to be sponsoring coffee at the first RubyConf in Australia which kicks off today in Melbourne.
Ask tough questions
This sounds obvious, yet a number of companies are offering development roles without asking real technical questions.
Steve featured in Offscreen Magazine
I’ve been a fan of Offscreen Magazine since it started last year. The idea of reading about people in the web industry away from our overused screens is a winner.
Lookahead Log
Feb
A Ruby renaissance? Reams of Rails roles racking up.
Jan 2021
Most clients debating their remote vs on-site split.
Dec
2020. We did it. Happy holidays, friends!
Nov
Welcome to the team, Sarah!
Oct
Happy 7th birthday, SydCSS! 🥳
Sep
Highest demand for Node.js developers that we've seen.
Aug
New site! Send your feedback while the code is fresh in our minds :)
Jul 2020
Noticing an increase in hiring activity. Nearly back to pre-Covid levels.
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