Andrew Tam

@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.

My most hippy belief I think is true is that changing your vocabulary changes how you perceive reality. You're just prompt engineering your brain all day. Try shuffling out these 5 words: 1. Decision --> Experiment 2. Problem --> Puzzle 3. Relax --> Energise 4. Failure -->

i think a lot about how user interfaces simply help us understand what the computer is doing now, the computers can understand us

the past 2 years been seeing this come up a fair bit: “invisible ux” basically the idea that ai will order your food, book your flight, find the perfect clothes for you. all in the background, from a single prompt. it’s so apparent anyone who believes this has no idea about consumer... See more

This is an important point. A lot of the most successful people, not just in startups but in many fields, do what they do because there's something they want to exist, or some mystery they want solved, and no one else is working on it.

Sam Altman says that content curation and the ability to figure out what people want will be the most valuable skills in an AI-enhanced future https://t.co/qmtXKhW6SU