Dillon for Built In Boston

Two Tech Leaders Share Their Career Journeys and How To Stand Out To Employers.

Dips in hiring and some tough competition means that many software engineers have to work a little bit harder to stand out from the pack nowadays.

U.S. News & World Report ranked software developer as the second best job in the country for 2025, but job market fluctuations and the rapid pace of technological advancement mean the competition among candidates is fierce. To land their dream jobs, software engineers must find new ways to stand out from the pack.

Built In spoke with two Boston software engineers to hear how they landed their dream jobs and how they kept advancing once they were hired. 

Read here what STR’s Dillon Hawley contributed to this conversation.