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Why AI Won't Replace Software Engineers. A Senior Tech Director Makes His Case. | Aaron Hayes

Aaron Hayes spent 25 years climbing from the help desk to being a Senior Director of Technology, leading tech infrastructure and data ops for a 60,000 employee unit. In this episode Aaron breaks down what actually works in a senior tech job search, why LinkedIn fails executive-level candidates, how he used to interview engineers (hint: brutal knowledge tests), and why AI isn't coming for your software engineering job as fast as you think. Plus, the story of how he built a dashboard for a company before his interview and walked in the door already ahead of every other candidate. 🔔 Subscribe for new episodes every week 👍 Like and share if this resonated with you 📎 Aaron on LinkedIn:   / aaron-hayes-b1869020   📎 Drew on LinkedIn:   / drewstiling   📎 Adventures in Job Searching on LinkedIn:   / adventures-in-job-searching   Adventures in Job Searching is the podcast you never want to be invited on ... but we're glad you're here. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 – Intro & meet Aaron Hayes 0:46 – From .NET engineer to Senior Director — his career arc 2:07 – How Doom and Wolfenstein 3D started his tech career 3:45 – First program he was proud of — streamlining AT&T's paper order system 6:01 – Hired to sell, terrible at it, moved to tech support 7:48 – What makes a good company — recognizing where employees thrive 8:32 – First true software engineering role at HDA 11:33 – How he prepared for that interview and why it worked 13:28 – The right way to point out a company's flaws in an interview 18:36 – Red flags in interviews — micromanagement and too many approval layers 22:45 – The interview miss — and what he learned 27:17 – Building a dashboard for MTM before the interview 30:52 – How interviewing changes as you move into leadership 36:26 – What he looked for when hiring engineers — brutal knowledge tests 43:57 – Please stop scheduling 10 interview rounds 44:44 – Is AI going to take your tech job? 47:56 – His honest assessment of his own job search 48:36 – "LinkedIn is virtually useless for director-level and above" 51:11 – Grading himself on networking — B minus 53:32 – Final question: why should I hire you? #TechLayoffs #JobSearch #SoftwareEngineering #ITCareers #LinkedIn #AIJobs #CareerAdvice #Networking #AdventuresInJobSearching #techcareers