Andrew Tam
@andrewtam
Andrew Tam
From: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
@olhmr As someone who sees thousands of applications a year, one thing really stands out: Effort. People who really want the job make extra effort in presenting themselves. Has to be the right effort, not annoying effort, but when you see it, it quickly gets noticed.
Jason Friedx.com
Do not touch LinkedIn Apply. For inbound, work on projects w others and post about them. Skip HR, go straight to execs/employees. For outbound, spend 1-2 days working on a demo, or reuse prev projects related to the product/role. Do this for several months for a few places
Minh Nhat Nguyenx.com
“Prototypers, who often have both design and engineering skills, care about the user experience just as much as the technology that brings it to life. Since they aren’t bound by the same constraints as engineering teams—like addressing security and scalability concerns or writing production code—they can build on short timelines, with fast feedback and iteration cycles, and quickly answer questions for design and product partners. They also encourage trial and error, are extremely comfortable writing throwaway code, and restarting from scratch. More than anything though, they’re great partners in early-stage discovery and iteration and readily jump into the design process with the goal of helping designers learn more about the experiences they want to implement.”
there is a lack of visionary product thinking in AI. tons of innovation in models - but most products today automate existing flows (hence so many "cursor for..." companies) with few truly novel end products.
yes, apps can be built faster - but they're the same apps (perhaps slightly worse) as before AI. meanwhile... See more
Eugenia Kuydax.com
From: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es1wSHREWiI. I think if you replace “success” with “happiness”, “meaning”, or “love” the statement similarly applies.