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Essays & field notes
Notes from inside hiring and technology markets: candidate experience, venture cycles, and the gap between what’s said and what’s priced in. Earlier pieces are preserved with their original publication dates; material updates are labeled.
Just Say No to Assessment-First Hiring
A practical candidate boundary for take-home assignments and one-way screens, including the questions to ask before you begin.
Caveat Emptor
A point-in-time March 2023 reassessment of my 2016 tech-bubble argument, updated with sourced figures and clearer limits.
Why you shouldn’t listen to VCs about the state of Tech
The original 2016 counterargument to the tech-bubble chorus, preserved as a snapshot of what I believed at the time.
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