in demand skills in today's market w/ founder ken schumacher
guest: ken schumacher, founder and ceo of ropes
- assessments built around real time hiring requests give a clearer read on in demand skills than lagging reports like dice or indeed
- some companies now want ai open assessments where candidates use tools like claude openly so hiring managers can see how fast they drive them
- junior engineers should lean fully into ai tools to learn faster, but still dig into why something works instead of only accepting the output
- list ai tools like claude or github copilot as a bullet point if central to a project, otherwise include them in a technologies used line
- standing out in todays market means doing visible work like finishing side projects, trying assessments, and sharing feedback instead of just polishing a resume