W12 - Starting a new role - Experiments in managing perfectionism
I recently joined Hex! I remember focusing on fintech startups in the previous job search. Personally I felt it's important that the business problems the company is solving are the ones that I...
I remember focusing on fintech startups in the previous job search. Personally I felt it's important that the business problems the company is solving are the ones that I care about. This interview cycle, I realized that I also care about data tools having had first-hand experience of the pain points (though perhaps I employed artistic license in the retelling ). The dominant theme this interview cycle, however, is AI. AI startups getting wiped out Last year, the thought of joining an AI startup scared me. Imagine joining a startup that wraps the OpenAI API to do pdf extraction. Further down t
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