Recruitment starts at the firewall
summary
Claim: hiring fails when developers lack autonomy and respect; companies lose talent by locking tools and insisting on time sheets that nobody analyzes. Concrete evidence: enterprises treat devs as nonadmins yet npm preinstall allows arbitrary code, teams are ~5% senior 95% junior, and rigid systems like Agresso block value. Remedy tested: shrink the firewall and grant admin of your computer so engineers build a digital brand — e.g. JobSkills, built with React Vue GraphQL Node Docker, ships and becomes a compelling case.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:16About Johan
- 3:50Structural mistakes
- 7:46Cultural mistakes
- 11:14Digital transformation
- 18:13Return on investment
- 29:22Quote
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