https://althora.com/tags/careers/Recent content in Careers on AlthoraHugoen-US© 2026 AlthoraSun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://althora.com/blog/senior-devops-hiring-2026-math-problem/Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://althora.com/blog/senior-devops-hiring-2026-math-problem/<p>Every senior engineer applying right now already knows the feeling: send fifty applications, hear back from two, and finish the month no closer to an offer than you started. The instinct is to blame the market, or blame yourself. Neither is quite right. What actually happened is more specific: AI made applying free and made screening free, on the same timeline, and nobody made interviewing any cheaper. That asymmetry is the whole story.</p>