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Jason Wodicka

Jason is an Engineering Lead at Ideal Abstraction.

Jason has spent almost twenty years in the tech industry. In that time, they’ve worked as a teacher, a test engineer, a development manager, a software engineer, and performed one ill-advised attempt at program management. Today, Jason is a principal developer advocate at Karat, where they work to open doors into the tech industry by creating a more fair and predictive interview process. They live with their husband in the drizzly paradise of Seattle. Ask them about board games, community-building, puzzle design, queer theory, or anything you’re deeply excited by.

A nudge in the right direction: How to give just enough help

Learn how to give just the right amount of help by applying insights from puzzle design. Discover practical techniques for offering effective guidance in any situation.

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Everything you need to know about hiring engineers in 2023

How has the tech job market changed, and what does your org need to do to keep up?

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How to better understand business context as a StaffPlus engineer

Learn to be aware of the overall needs of your organization to contextualize and prioritize your workload

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Engineering a more equitable hiring process

Jason Wodicka lays out some of the places where bias enters our hiring process, and shares concrete actions you can take to make your own hiring more efficient, equitable, and effective.

How to assess proficiency across 10 core technologies

Looking to hire engineers with specific skills? Here’s how to assess proficiency across common tools, frameworks, and environments.