i wouldn't give much weight to somebody who's resume shows a work history of starting out after college as a "CTO" to two "Principal Engineer" positions...
great and cheap product, I remember using this when I realized I was paying so much for H&R. I don't remember the exact amount but I remember being shocked at seeing how cheap it was (low 2 digits if I recall). pretty easy to use as well. highly recommend for anyone who has just a couple of w2s and maybe a trading account or two.
extremely low, tbh. OP needs to learn that it's a numbers game. Don't be picky, and shoot for positions that may seem out of reach. There's a lot of extra things I find that most don't try (most likely because they don't know). I didn't know either at first, but I spent probably mid double digit hours finding tips and tricks to maximizing interviews. OP, if you're reading this i'll list some out, it's not all inclusive, there's much more out there that I'm probably leaving out. You got to be hungry.
- cold messages + emails, use chatgpt or find recruiting influencers to best cater how to write good messages. Jeff Su had a really good one where he had a regex search pattern for recruiters who had emails in their profile that you can use.
- apply everyday, jobs refresh all the time. be the first 50. if there's over 100 or 200 applicants, might not be worth your time going through workday to fill everything out.
- have multiple versions of your resume catered to slightly nuiance positions. I had 3 version of mine that differed in the metrics I exemplified and the focus on what I worked on/achieved.
- use fishbowl,blind,reddit, any social media to get random referral. people are willing. take advantage of the playing field.
- small things like profile picture, format of resume (i spent over 25 hours on my resume getting it destroyed by friends and willing helpers, making small changes to action words and nouns).
- there's too many sites that have job postings, if you're only looking at monster or linkedin, you are probably 10 websites too short. scrounge the internet for all the sites and just send it.
- volunteer work pro bono, get some experience.
- apply like crazy but not all at once, i applied on avg to about 5-10 companies a day for 1.5 months. it helps you not get burned out. i only spent an hour per day, the rest i worked on my portfolio.
that's all i can think of off the top of my head. I hope you achieve your goals OP.
i don't think this a good way of reframing OP's question. From the few YC founders I've interacted with, the network they maintain is a lot closer than you may think. They don't all necessarily view each other as competition as one may think.
i respect that. Definitely noteworthy enough to start digging and asking questions like what you're doing. I'd say keep it up (with also keeping our conversation in mind as well)!
holy crap...i have a home in one of the higher COL areas in the US and it's only $600/sq ft. I know there's probably a lot of politics and corruption involved but honestly, I'm more impressed and excited for the future of the country (India) if things are going that well over there.
reddit I can agree. SO I can't agree because they gate keep so damn hard that I never had much of a chance to actually join or feel part of the community since I started programming 2 years ago. I feel like they've alienated a generation of potential younger participants due to its culture.
observational data points aren't a great measure, In any average within a large set of data, there's always a chance to see extreme highs and extreme lows. Unless you have something more than based on perception or observation, you're making a large assumption that it's actually occurring.
Not writing this to attack you so please don't take it personal. Just sharing my thoughts.
interesting, as a non-Indian who asked a lot of Indians about various aspects of India, I've never heard this come up in conversation. Assuming you're implying that it's costly, would you say it's costly in comparison to standard cost of living in India? or are talking like foreigners buying up land/buildings to the point where prices are at HCOL NYC/SF levels?
who cares? how often do you need to close your gpay account? maybe like a once in a decade or few years kind of thing. just get a new credit card and move on. not everything needs to be an outrage.
not super impressive but negotiated a promotion (got it on paper) to be retained if I stayed when I gave my notice. I still didn't take it but it was a small personal victory.
downside is that you'll always be on the support side of a company. it's the logistics in the form of tech; it's the most important thing when it's not running perfect, and when it's smooth, no one really pays attention as the main product/mission will be on top of mind.
CEO didn't speak on the presentation, nor was he there. he was on some congressional hearing thing i believe. he tweeted it out. he probably doesn't even know what riley does.
I went to a hackathon where riley goodside gave an elaborate, hour-long presentation on his work at scale ai. There were about 500 people in the building. Of the 500, 499 of them didn't listen to a single thing. maybe it is, maybe it isn't. The CEO of the company also came out and said it didn't seem useful--paraphrasing his comment.
one meal a day. i dont think you automatically go omad; maybe it did for him but not for the general population. it's definitely a habit that needs to be intentional for most.
try starting out with intermittent fasting, something simple like a 8:16 timeline (8 hour eating window, 16 hour fasting), and then move to 6:18 when you get comfortable.