Django Hiring in 2026 - Jon Gould

Jon Gould is the founder of Foxley Talent, a recruiting agency focused on Python and Django developers. We discuss what he's seeing in the market these days, the benefits of attending Python & Django conferences, and why humans matter more than ever in our new AI age.

🔗 Links

• Foxley Talent: https://foxleytalent.com/
• Foxley Talent on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@foxleytalent/featured
• People or Code show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PeopleOrCode
• People or Code show on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033szALppmfk8I5CmvF3U7?si=9feda06c1069418b

📚 Books

• The Infinity Machine by Sebastian Mallaby: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-infinity-machine-demis-hassabis-deepmind-and-the-quest-for-superintelligence-sebastian-mallaby/f5b1eb193dde1e52?ean=9780593831847
• The Concept of Mind by Gilbert Ryle: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-concept-of-mind-gilbert-ryle/720900ab4775a075?ean=9781774645215
• The Go-Giver by Bob Burg and Jon Mann: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-go-giver-expanded-edition-a-little-story-about-a-powerful-business-idea-go-giver-book-1-bob-burg/be9819972c2a8497

📦 Projects

• FarhanAliRaza/prongs: https://github.com/FarhanAliRaza/prongs
• justinmayer/django-benchmark: https://github.com/justinmayer/django-benchmark

🎥 YouTube

• YouTube Channel: @djangochat: https://www.youtube.com/@djangochat