{"id":2635,"date":"2023-08-16T14:29:51","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T18:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/talent-management\/?p=2635"},"modified":"2023-08-18T13:29:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T17:29:29","slug":"hiring-tech-talent-what-to-look-for-and-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/talent-management\/2023\/08\/16\/hiring-tech-talent-what-to-look-for-and-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiring Tech Talent: What to Look For (And Why)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium_large wp-image-2636\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/talent-management\/files\/2023\/08\/Hiring-Tech-Talent-What-to-Look-For-And-Why-768x384.jpg\" alt=\"Hiring Tech Talent What to Look For (And Why)\" width=\"768\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/talent-management\/files\/2023\/08\/Hiring-Tech-Talent-What-to-Look-For-And-Why-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/talent-management\/files\/2023\/08\/Hiring-Tech-Talent-What-to-Look-For-And-Why-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/talent-management\/files\/2023\/08\/Hiring-Tech-Talent-What-to-Look-For-And-Why.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW127399774 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml:lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW127399774 BCX0\">As part of Solutions Review&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/solutions-review-contributor-guidelines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contributed Content Series<\/a>\u2014a collection of articles written by industry thought leaders in maturing software categories\u2014<\/span><\/span>Premkumar Balasubramanian, the SVP and CTO of Digital Solutions at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitachivantara.com\/en-us\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">Hitachi Vantara<\/a>, provides some guidance on how companies can improve their tech talent hiring efforts.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">It has never been easy to compete with big tech for talent. And it was even more challenging during COVID when big tech firms rapidly expanded their ranks to meet the surging demand. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">But all that has changed. In recent months, economic headwinds led Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Yahoo, Zoom, and other tech companies to cut tens of thousands of tech workers. Layoffs.fyi estimates that the total number of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/06\/05\/tech-industry-layoffs-2023\/?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAAjoN5jOHrNfAz5mO9ZhQRZIE7U2xMk0rGXdBQ6jjw8vjqiyL7g3maSEVM_grMpVuALKTde8h0E4r4UHTj26OpXTNQY8WU9ApK21szHIlEBiFms3P3_Is1kDbISrLpaYlMpWESfIXz7somk0_bbODrVm4SKR9fuJI3hLohv10idr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">tech layoffs for 2023<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> reached 168,243 as of early June. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">As <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2022\/11\/tech-talent-is-flooding-the-job-market\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Harvard Business Review<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> reports, these layoffs provide &#8220;an incredible opportunity for companies that previously aspired to grow their ranks but couldn&#8217;t.&#8221;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">At the same time, as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.datanami.com\/this-just-in\/idc-report-the-convergence-of-modern-technologies-transforms-it-roles-fueling-growth-in-dataops-and-mlops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">IDC<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> notes, we are seeing a &#8220;once-in-a-generation shift in the composition of the IT workforce.&#8221; This shift now has IT <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">professionals occupying &#8220;hybrid roles that combine traditional development activities with activities that formerly were associated with operations professionals who historically had few or no development-oriented responsibilities.&#8221; <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">And<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> it&#8217;s automation and cloud technology\u2014not business\u2014that&#8217;s causing this shift to happen.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Here are the roles and disciplines you may want to hire for and emphasize as your company embraces this shift, adds IT talent, and works to grow and be more efficient and innovative.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Technical Product Managers<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Many companies endeavor to move towards a product engineering model and DevOps\u2014and align to products as opposed to legacy domain-based structures\u2014to become more technology oriented. Yet business is still business, and IT is IT, and there&#8217;s no flow between the two sides. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">So, when new ideas come in, the organization returns to developing the old-fashioned way. The problem, which has existed for a long time, is that no one is responsible for interpreting business requirements into IT requirements so that IT can develop the right business solution. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Things get lost in translation, so you may end up with a scooter when you want a car.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A technical product manager (TPM) can prevent that from happening. This individual can understand the features the business requires and translate that into IT terms. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">And with DevOps and the tooling underneath, it&#8217;s easier than ever to do those translations. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Historically, you had to write huge Word documents of requirements. Now we have moved into user stories and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiceworks.com\/tech\/devops\/articles\/what-is-bdd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">behavior-driven development<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (BDD). TPMs are ideally positioned to input stories into tools like Cucumber, which supports BDD, to generate scripts that developers, product managers, and scrum masters within development teams can then qualify.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">DevOps and DevSecOps Pros<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ten or 15 years ago, there were a lot of specialties involved in new product development. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Business teams would drive the requirements, and requirement analysis tried translating them into something meaningful for IT. An architecture group would define the product architecture. Design groups would then translate the architecture into high-level and low-level designs. Developers would use the low-level design to develop the solution. Testers would then test the solution. Then, release managers would put what was built into production. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">But with the advent of automation and the cloud, there was a movement on the development side away from having all these silos. Developers can now use scripts and automations to do test automation, so you no longer need separate testers and don&#8217;t have to wait six months for testing environments to be commissioned. When agile, iterative development emerged, it eliminated the need for substantial design documents, so high-level and low-level designers vanished. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">However, although DevOps has collapsed automated testing and provisioning into its purview, once the code hits production, the operations of that code in production are still separate. Now that needs to come together, and I believe that will be the next iteration of DevOps.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Site Reliability Engineers (And an SRE Mindset)<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The IT workforce shift started on the left side\u2014the development side\u2014with the move to DevOps and DevSecOps. But the significant change happening now is on the right side, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the operations side, with website reliability and engineering extending into operations.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Artificial intelligence is central to this new movement. Within Hitachi Vantara, we firmly believe that knowing how to utilize AI effectively is crucial. It&#8217;s not about AI taking your job but recognizing that individuals with the skills to leverage AI will play a vital role in driving success and achieving remarkable outcomes.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">So, every engineer needs to understand how to leverage Copilot, cognitive searches, and generative AI for anything they do. This is not about going deep; it&#8217;s about using existing models to become a more productive engineer and creating new business models for your company.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">At the same time, IT teams must align on a single backlog, ensuring a seamless flow of development features into production. However, operations teams often face challenges in getting developers to address issues that arise in production. By embracing the principles of site reliability engineering, the entire team can collaborate effectively on a unified backlog, enabling prompt problem resolution and streamlined operations.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If you can hire a site reliability engineer, that is an excellent skill to integrate into your organization. But there are not enough site reliability engineers in the market, and a single SRE can&#8217;t do it all. So, the best approach is to think of SRE as a mindset rather than a skill set.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Developers prioritize functionality over critical aspects like performance, scalability, and availability. However, these factors are essential for meeting business metrics. For instance, if a feature expects 20,000 users to generate significant revenue, developers may overlook this user requirement, relying solely on performance testing. But when it fails to support 20,000 users in production, the system breaks, hindering revenue goals. Similarly, promising 100 percent availability without acknowledging its limitations can lead to unmet customer expectations and financial consequences. It is crucial to emphasize the significance of these non-functional aspects for overall business success.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">These are site reliability engineering conversations because they require operations savvy. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">When a business signs up for a service level agreement (SLA), that SLA translates to everybody. TPMs need to think about converting that into a requirement, and they understand the service level objectives (SLOs). Developers take that requirement and must write code with the understanding it must meet the stated SLA and SLOs. Doing all this with an SRE mindset means everybody in the ecosystem understands and acts on their role in meeting these requirements.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Trusted Partners<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hiring TPMs, DevOps and DevSecOps pros, and SRE experts, and adopting an SRE mindset, will better position you to meet requirements, move faster and get where you want to go. You will also want to bring in technology partners\u2014because you don&#8217;t know what you don&#8217;t know.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Be bold in welcoming outside partners into the fold. Avoid thinking about partners as a solution to your staffing needs helping you fill 10 or 20 positions, and focus on the problem you want to solve with partners. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Seek partners that share your mindset and speak your language. Partners with experience in your industry will be able to bring more than just developers and engineers to the table. They&#8217;ll understand your intent. You&#8217;ll be able to challenge each other and have a shared purpose. This will better position you to collaborate to solve problems and build solutions together. 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