In the UK, HR are often less involved in the earlier stages, and actually become a problem at the latter stages of the process.
Tech hiring still sucks hard though. We like to think there are simple clean bias free processes we can follow and repeat for awesome hiring, but somehow still go with the gut at the end of the day.
This website is a walking, talking advert for open source.
If they have to foist a metric shit-ton of legalese onto you to grace you with the ability to use their offering, walk nay run away, find a freer alternative.
Software wants to be free as in free from eulas ndas and tos!
For skilled, experienced and dedicated developers - the future will be business as usual.
For all the fakers, the ones who followed the cash into software, the wannabees and their one week bootcamp for ruby on fails, I have a phrase that will help your future careers: "do you want fries with that?"