this show is called guidance counselor 2.0, because we had guidance counselors in middle school, high school and college, but now as adults we don't have access to that kind of resource, or we at least we didn't until now. this is the 'soft skills' podcast of the software engineering industry, focused on hiring and job search tips. host taylor desseyn and his guests fill in that guidance counselor role, and give job searchers the advice they need to find their next position.

Today's guest is matt stauffer. matt is the founder of tighten, a consultancy working with Llaravel, react, and vue. He's also the host of the laravel podcast and the business of laravel podcast, and the author of o’reilly’s laravel: up and running. In his free time, he’s the behind-the-scenes help with his wife’s atlanta-based film production company. matt is a hiring manager at a tech consultancy, and he helps his clients hire. he tries to keep in touch with other agency owners about what their approach is to hiring, how their prospects are looking for business, and he has a good reputation for hiring great people.

The topics they'll touch on includes matt's hiring experience and advice, how to build a healthy dev culture, and how hiring should and can do a better job of helping a wider diversity of people