We’re heading back to San Francisco to celebrate a decade of URx with the community that built it. Early Bird tickets for URx 2026 go on sale Dec 4 at 9 AM ET.
Deitrick Franklin
Lead Program Manager, Reddit, Inc.
Deitrick Franklin is a Lead Program Manager who oversees the Emerging Talent program at Reddit, that attracts and retains exceptional early talent professionals who contribute to Reddit’s high-performing culture. Prior to Reddit, he worked as an Early Talent Program Manager at Lyft ensuring an excellent employee experience for incoming Apprentices, Interns & New Grads. His body of work includes inclusive recruitment, engagement and retention strategies aimed at converting participants in Emerging/Early Talent programs into full-time hires. Deitrick proactively engages underrepresented / underserved communities in tech, particularly Black, Latinx, Women, and LGBTQ+ to enhance the representation of today’s global workforce. Deitrick is a native of Baltimore, MD, who received his B.S. (2012) and M.S. (2014) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and Georgia Institute of Technology, respectively. In his spare time, Deitrick enjoys traveling, playing billiards, and making people laugh! If you’d like, please connect with Deitrick Franklin on LinkedIn!
Closing Keynote: Hiring for Signal in an AI-First World
As AI tools become ubiquitous, the signals we’ve historically relied on to evaluate early talent are breaking down. Polished answers are easier to generate, coding can be assisted, and traditional indicators of readiness are becoming less reliable. So what actually matters now? This session explores how hiring teams are redefining evaluation in an AI-first world ~ what skills are becoming commoditized, what’s becoming harder to fake, and how to assess for real problem-solving ability, learning velocity, and judgment. We’ll dig into how interview loops, assessments, and hiring criteria are evolving and what it takes to identify high-potential talent when the bar is constantly shifting.