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Do you have any tips to share about finding places run by technical minded leadership, before actually getting yourself hired?

I feel my bullshit-job detector when interviewing at potential workplaces isn't as good as it could be...

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I'm not good at it either and landed at a good place by sheer luck. But once I know what a good culture looks like, next time I have to look for a new job I would try to do an extensive reverse interview to learn what their approach to architecture, planning, development and testing is. Basically I'd like to make sure that these all are driven by developers, that people care about quality, not just metrics, and that there is a long-term vision of what the team wants to deliver.

Ask who your manager will be. Look them up on LinkedIn. Look at all the people on the technical side of the company and their LinkedIns. If their last few jobs for the last several years aren't technical, that's the answer.

In general, pretty much any company that isn't a technology company will fail this test. Working for companies which are young and specifically software companies is your best bet.

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