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Careers

Career paths in tech require understanding compensation, growth trajectories, and role-specific skills before you start interviewing and negotiating offers.

A self-taught developer sitting alone at a cluttered home desk late at night, illuminated… Careers 5 min read
Careers

Lesson Six: AI Regulation Isn't the Thing That Decides Whether You Get Hired — But It's the Thing Nobody Told You to Read

I spent 40 hours reading about export controls before an interview for a platform role at a company that resells access to frontier models. Not because the job description asked for it.

G George Wentworth
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A photorealistic environmental portrait of a focused young software engineer seated alone at a… Job Search 5 min read
Job Search

The Apple Regulatory Dispute Is a Job Signal, and Most Engineers Are Reading It Wrong

I spent two years thinking the only tech news that mattered to my job search was layoffs. Then I watched Apple and the European Commission spend a news cycle pointing fingers at each other over why…

D David Thornton
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