As a VP of Engineering, I've seen how 50+ managers approach hiring for their teams. Here are two things that make the job harder and prevent managers from staffing their teams: 1. Only

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As a VP of Engineering, I work with 30+ software engineering teams, and from time to time, we work in troubleshooting their velocity problems. I've recently written about why most attempts to improve