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Hiring, recruiting, and team-building, quantified.
Field notes and research from the team building the quantified talent network.
What Happens When You Prioritize Your Freedom
“You have phases where it's less successful, and phases where it's much better. You never know when a pipeline can just become a rainbow.” - Müfit Sahin
How Nineteen Years of QA Testing Turned Into a Recruiting Style That Won't Let a Candidate Go
“I don't give up. I try to see if something else is good for them.” - Lida
He Used to Run Dozens of Roles at Once. On TechTree He Can Focus on Quality.
“The less you work on, the higher the quality you have.” - Mark James
How Julien Turned a LinkedIn Click Into Someone Else's New Career, Without Sourcing a Single Candidate
“People are finding you. We're not hunting them.” - Julien Finlay
A European AI team is most elite at Series A
Track Europe's most-watched AI startups by funding stage and a clean arc appears: pedigree peaks at Series A, then dilutes as the team scales tenfold. It is a planning tool, not a warning.
What share of Europe's AI engineers hold an elite-university degree? 25%.
Oxbridge and Imperial top the table, but elite pedigree is thinner than the headlines imply.
Who actually builds AI in Europe
We mapped 27,444 engineers across 348 AI companies building in Europe. Only 14% ever worked at Big Tech. Here is where the talent really comes from, and how to hire against it.
Day 4 at GTM Tech Week: where to find the people who wire the stack.
Execution day at GTM Tech Week Warsaw. TechTree's sourcing map for GTM engineering talent - and why Warsaw is sitting on it.
Day 3 at GTM Tech Week: your next GTM hire already exists, under another title.
Tactics day at GTM Tech Week, Warsaw. TechTree data on the hidden GTM-engineering supply - 492 carry the title, ~16,900 already do the work.
Day 2 at GTM Tech Week: the "engineer" in GTM Engineer is more literal than you think.
Engineering day at GTM Tech Week Warsaw. TechTree data on who actually fills the GTM Engineer role in Europe - and why the feeder is more technical here.
Day 1 at GTM Tech Week: talent is the GTM strategy nobody priced in.
Strategy day at GTM Tech Week Warsaw. TechTree on why talent is the GTM lever most teams hand-wave - and the data that proves it.
We mapped every GTM Engineer in Europe. The title is scarce - the skill isn't.
New TechTree research on Europe's fastest-forming go-to-market role: 492 GTM Engineers, 13× growth, and ~16,900 more doing the work under other titles.
TechTree is at GTM Tech Week Warsaw - and we're bringing the data.
TechTree is an official partner of GTM Tech Week Warsaw (June 23-26). We're speaking, hosting a side event, and launching our Europe GTM Engineer report.