Casey Horgan

The IBM Institute for Business Value published a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) study in late 2021 to summarize the role’s evolution “throughout a period of exceptional disruption.” IBM states that “the CTO has become one of the most strategic roles

If you’re actively growing your organization, and if your business has a technical side that requires management, you need a Chief Technology Officer (CTO). That’s an easy call. But who to hire, and how to hire? These are trickier questions.

Online coding challenges are incredibly popular – the top coding challenge platforms boast upwards of a million users – but what’s responsible for the high demand? Developers often credit these challenges as helping to improve their programming skills and confidence in their expertise.

If the thought of hiring programmers stresses you out, you’re not alone. The technical expertise needed to become a programmer doesn’t exactly overlap with other career choices. Programmers, known also as software developers or coders, are responsible for creating, testing, troubleshooting, and maintaining computer programs.

Tech recruiting is challenging; there’s no way around it. The best talent is often gainfully employed, and even if you’re flipping through resumes of active job seekers, it’s difficult to find the right person for a tech role.

If you’re wondering where to find top talent willing to work remotely, you’re not alone. In fact, many companies (startups and established enterprises alike) struggle with this.

The average base salary for a senior developer in the United States is $100,679, with additional compensation equalling about $5,000 per year.

Unless your organization has a hiring manager with extensive IT knowledge, you’ll find yourself asking this question when filling a tech position: what’s the best way in which to assess a candidate’s unique skills?

Let’s face it: the best tech talent is hard to find and even harder to recruit. Demand for quality IT pros far outpaces supply, which has resulted in a talent shortage and a competitive, high-paced environment.

Not all business is created equal, and not all business challenges are universal. We may like to think we operate on a level playing field, but the obstacles that one organization must overcome are inherently different from the hurdles that another faces.