Insights for Mission-Driven Hiring
Talent, tech, and startup strategies from the hatch I.T. team.
Do This, Not That: Get the Most Out of Your Technical Recruiter (including the best salary offer)
By: Deb Darcis, Technical Recruiting Director at hatch I.T. Interviewing is a job in itself. And the interview process for engineers is particularly grueling. I wanted to share how to get the most out of working with a recruiter. By the way, you’re going to notice a...
How to Screen Out a Bad Technical Recruiter – A Checklist
This article was written by Deborah Darcis, Technical Recruiting Director at hatch I.T. Recruiters get a bad rap. I could see why the moment I entered the industry. Engineers have told me horror stories about everything: spam emails, cold calls, ghosting, lies,...
Diversify, Differentiate, and Engage a CFO: An MBA Candidate Interviews Tim Winkler
By: Michelle Germani I had the pleasure of interviewing Tim Winkler, the founder and CEO of hatch IT, a DC based startup that connects software engineers with tech startups and reinvents the way early-stage and high-growth startups scale. I met Tim five years ago as...
How to Screen Out a Bad Technical Recruiter
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How hatch is transforming the way startups and engineers connect across DC, Maryland & Virginia with Meetup.com
Sponsoring tech Meetup events is changing the way software startups connect with engineers. Generate Brand Awareness In 2011, serial entrepreneur Jeff White was looking for his next great idea. He’d already built and sold startups, including Blue Canopy and GovWin. He...
629 software engineers told us their top 5 priorities for their next job. (Spoiler alert: it’s not ping-pong and cold-brew)
Experienced software engineers and developers are in high demand. Many of them get daily messages from recruiters. Unscrupulous recruiters spam emails and LinkedIn accounts, call cell phones, and dump job posts into community forums and other places they aren’t...
So you need to hire software engineers? 4 ways technical founders grow their teams.
The best option might be the one you’ve never heard of. Your startup’s first engineering hire might have been your roommate or a friend from CS class. Your next few team members were probably from your network too. What happens when you’ve exhausted your network, but...
Washington DC is a unique tech hub. Don’t expect it to be like Silicon Valley.
Software startups in DC face a candidate market shaped by the DMV’s unique geography and history. After working with startups for 12 years, I can’t say there’s any other tech hub like the DC Metro Area. Software startups that don’t understand what makes DC’s tech...
The Rules for Salary History Questions Are Changing — What New Data Means for You
Has a future employer ever asked for your previous salary before they made an offer? New Data from hatch I.T. shows that software engineers are changing the rules. We break the trend down and give you some tips on handling salary history questions. Why discuss salary...
GetUpside CTO Jo Kochaniak Speaks to DC Python Meetup
Imagine if you could save up to 25 cents per gallon on gasoline, just by scanning a receipt with your phone. That’s idea behind GetUpside, a DC startup “that personalizes brick-and-mortar commerce to help communities thrive.” GetUpside allows users to scan receipts...
How to Make Your LinkedIn Profile Stand Out as a Software Engineer
LinkedIn. We all seem to have a love/hate relationship with the site. We can quickly update our resumes, connect and form relationships with others in our field, read interesting articles and even find potential future co-workers. While there are many positive uses...
DC Tech Growth: A Snapshot
We’re only a few months into 2019 but it's already clear that the DMV tech scene is thriving more than ever. With Amazon’s upcoming move to Northern Virginia, Virginia Tech’s promise to build a new campus expanding their computer science and software engineering...