Newsletter – How work trials help you hire the best engineers

[jtemperton]

Summary

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A few months back we contributed to a newsletter about work trials. It is now time to do our own newsletter about work trials. What are they? Why are they useful? How do you do them well? What makes a good work trial project? Things we've learned from doing work trials – positive and negative.

Where will it be published?

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• Blog
• Founders Hub
• Newsletter
• Product engineers Hub
• Tutorials
• Other (please specify)

Why type of article is this?

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• High intent (i.e. comparisons and similar)
• Brand / opinionated (how we work and why, etc.)
• High-level guide (concepts, frameworks, ideas, etc.)
• Low-level guide (step-by-step guide / tutorial)
• Other (please specify)

Who is the primary audience?

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• Founders
• Engineers
• Growth
• Marketing
• HackerNews
• Existing PostHog users
• Potential PostHog users

Headline options

• How to design a great work trial
• Why your company needs work trials
• How work trials help you hire the best engineers

Will it need custom art?

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• No