Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats29 Syys 2023

673: Getting Hired, Interviewing, and Why Recruiters Suck with Taylor Desseyn

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Taylor Desseyn about his work as a job recruiter, how hiring has changed over the last few years, what soft and tech skills developers need, what not to do when applying, and how AI is affecting the hiring process. Show Notes 00:35 Welcome 01:10 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 01:35 Who is Taylor Desseyn? taylor desseyn (/tdesseyn) Taylor Desseyn on LinkedIn World-class technical talent on tap | Gun.io taylor desseyn (@tdesseyn) / X Taylor Desseyn 03:49 Why are recruiters just sending emails? 05:26 How much does a recruiter make? 06:44 How have things changed in the last couple of years? 09:22 How can developers stand out when applying? 13:52 What do developers do that cost them jobs? 28:46 What soft skills are employers looking for? 32:01 What tech skills are showing up in job postings? 34:57 Are resumes dead? 40:16 How does Gun.io vet people? World-class technical talent on tap | Gun.io 43:15 How is AI changing hiring? 46:03 What’s working on social media marketing in hiring? 48:33 Supper Club questions 53:39 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Group Chat - Dee Murthy - Watch Painkiller | Netflix Official Site Shameless Plugs Guidance Counselor 2.0 | Podcast on Spotify The Unicorn Finders | Podcast on Spotify Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on Bluesky

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Scott and Wes talk about how non-developers are actually using AI today. They also cover the stuff they don’t think holds up, like AI-staged listings and automated marketing. Show Notes 00:00 Intro...

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1040: Developing for the iPhone Duo

Scott, Wes, and CJ break down developing for the iPhone Duo with the Device Posture and Viewport Segments APIs, plus the React 19.3 release and Pi’s new Radius platform. Also on deck: Tailwind joining...

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1039: Should You Quit Your Job?

Scott and Wes dig into a listener mailbag full of AI questions: how to bill freelance work when the tools make you faster, whether coding still matters in interviews, and if the AI bubble is about to ...

16 Syys 1h

1038: OpenAI Releases GPT 6 Astra

Wes and CJ dig into OpenAI’s GPT‑6 Astra; the massive jump in computer use, the wild Blender MCP 3D demos, and whether all the AGI talk actually holds up. Plus Hugging Face’s robot duck, Vitest 5 and ...

14 Syys 1h 25min

1037: WebMCP is here (and you should care)

Scott and Wes talk about WebMCP with Sarah Drasner and Dominic Farolino from the Chrome team, which is the new W3C standard that lets your site hand real tools to an agent. They cover the security mod...

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1036: Cursor & OpenAI Break Up

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7 Syys 1h 12min

1035: Why everyone is moving to Stylex?

Meta’s StyleX compiles thousands of styles into a few reusable class names at build time—zero runtime, fully type-safe. Scott and Wes break down why it’s suddenly everywhere, and why it might be the b...

2 Syys 26min

1034: Omarchy Quattro Release

Grokbot actually earns its keep, Cursor takes a swing at GitHub with Origin, and Omarchy Quattro ships pre-wired for nine coding agents. Plus: the GitHub outage post-mortem, a compromised Rust crate, ...

31 Elo 1h 15min