Atlassian has Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket - and their cross-platform search is getting better all the time. Confluence has AI search as well, so you can ask questions in natural language. I believe the underlying AI product is called Rovo.

that is bad, I think the even worse sin is putting sponsored apps above the app you really searched for so you end up clicking on the wrong one.

Trump is going to be all over this - we can turn lead into gold everyone! Our problems are solved!

we administer a coding challenge designed to ensure people can do some basic coding - we don't even have them compile it. But we have caught people who start talking about using a B tree to solve fizzbuzz and we know they're not a fit. It's useful as an initial screener.

"You are exchanging your effort for money" -> you are exchanging your TIME for money.

FTFY

anyone and everyone can be an underperformer - it's all relative

MVP bugs me sometimes - because oftentimes it is all you end up with. Yeah, it's minimally viable, but wouldn't it be nice to build something with bells and whistles and actually delights users?

now there's a WSJ Pro that I have to pay even more money for a subscription?

Rocklin, California pros: great for kids, good schools, lots of parks cons: no place to walk to, boring

demonstrated expertise in one or more domains, can guide other professionals, sets and enforces standards, knows how to manage up and communicate to stakeholders, IT project management knowledge

This is a good answer although I think someone with this ability is approaching the level of lead. It's an ideal senior, but many seniors don't demonstrate all of these qualities.

At a bare minimum I think you're looking at someone who has a solid understanding of the code base and business they're working in.