How to tell the difference between someone who's been burnt a few times too many and someone you probably don't want to work with in one easy conversation.
Hiring is a hard problem of computer science, maybe even harder than naming things!
Massive investments in AI and Crypto, both of which will face less regulatory oversight and more opportunities to centralize both wealth and power under a Trump presidency.
Figure out what you'd be doing if you didn't have to earn a salary, spend six months doing a side-project and/or contributing to a related libre-software project in this area.
Chances are you'll make new friends in the process and, in my experience, chances are that new friends will lead to new job opportunities.
Caveat: This is not a lucrative strategy, but it is a sustainable strategy.
Listening is indeed the hardest thing to do if your organization's metrics places immense pressure on you to be (or at least appear to be) the smartest person in the room.
Luckily there are other organizations out there that encourage kindness rather than penalizing it.
Only catch is, you probably won't make it through the first interview if you don't start practicing being kind right where you are. Soft skills are hard and take sustained effort to internalize.
I find private equity's enthusiasm adorable but the temporary hiatus on anti-trust enforcement that first gained momentum during the Reagan era is no longer in effect.
Some expensive lessons are about to be learnt.
(assuming democratic governance remains in effect, otherwise all bets are off)