The job market is tough right now in tech. You hear about it everywhere. Whether it's due to AI, over-hiring due to ZIRP, or *waves hands broadly* the economy, getting a job is a journey these days. This is how it went for me. I…
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Unfortunately, my car was recently totaled after a rear-end collision. Thankfully, everybody is okay. Armed with a $21,000 check from the insurance company, I needed a new car ASAP. Somewhat relatedly, a couple of months ago I won a prize from a local radio station.
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I started reading Seveneves years ago. Halfway through, I put it down and read something else. A couple years later, I picked it up again. Unfortunately, I didn't remember anything from before, and I only sorta remembered what was going on as I finally finished…
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I got tired of all the manual processes involved with job searching and wrote a Claude Cowork plugin to automate the boring parts. My typical search process looks like this: Working with my career coach (the excellent Alex Gould) I've automated bits and pieces of…
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I updated my LinkedIn profile photo recently. I rarely change it, and I don't have any good criteria for which picture to use besides my personal vibes. I don't want to bother real people for their opinions, so I got some LLMs to diversify my…
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