We Don't Read Résumés
Published: February 2025 | 5 min read
A résumé is a story someone tells about their past. We're not interested in stories. We're interested in proof.
When you look at a résumé, you see job titles, years of experience, and education credentials. What you don't see is whether someone can actually ship. Whether they learn fast. Whether they contribute to communities. Whether they're obsessed with getting better.
Proof of work beats credentials. Always.
GitHub commits tell us more than 10 years at a FAANG company. YouTube tutorials teaching 40,000 people show us communication skills better than any degree. Discord activity in AI communities reveals someone's real-time learning velocity.
We don't care where you've been. We care where you're going.
The GitHub Economy
Published: February 2025 | 6 min read
Open-source contributions have become the new interview. And most companies still don't get it.
Traditional interviews ask candidates to solve algorithmic puzzles on a whiteboard. GitHub shows you how someone actually works: their code quality, their commit frequency, how they handle issues, whether they document, how they collaborate.
It's a permanent, public record of how someone thinks.
We track developers who contribute to open-source projects in AI, distributed systems, dev tools. Not because they're trying to get hired—but because they want to build something that matters.
That's the signal. That's who we find.
Discord Is a Hiring Database
Published: January 2025 | 4 min read
While recruiters spam LinkedIn, the best builders are in Discord servers—helping strangers debug code, sharing learnings, building in public.
Community reputation is the new credential. Someone who's respected in AI Discord servers has proven they can communicate, teach, and collaborate. That's more valuable than a CS degree from Stanford.
We find talent where they're actually building, not where they're pretending to network.
The Junior Advantage
Published: January 2025 | 7 min read
Why a 22-year-old with 3 months of AI experience can outship a senior with 10 years.
The tools changed. The rules changed. Someone who learned to code with GPT-4 thinks differently than someone who learned with Stack Overflow. They're faster, more experimental, less afraid of breaking things.
Experience with old tools can be a disadvantage.
We're betting on juniors who are AI-native. They're the future.
What We Learned from 50 Placements
Published: December 2024 | 8 min read
Patterns, surprises, and where the market is headed.
Speed matters more than perfection. Proof beats credentials. AI fluency is non-negotiable. Remote-first is the default. Junior retention is higher than senior.
The market is moving faster than traditional hiring can keep up.
Lisbon's Hidden Builders
Published: December 2024 | 5 min read
Spotlight on the city's emerging AI talent that traditional recruiters miss.
Lower cost of living means builders can focus on shipping, not surviving. Quality of life attracts international talent. English-first startups are everywhere.
Lisbon is becoming Europe's AI capital. Most companies just don't know it yet.
The Death of the CV
Published: November 2024 | 6 min read
How public work killed the résumé.
A CV is a summary. Public work is the full story. GitHub shows your code. YouTube shows your teaching. Discord shows your community. Twitter shows your thinking.
We don't need summaries. We need proof.