guidance counselor 2.0

ryan carson's (@ryancarson) advice for 2027: build something small that 10 people like and will pay you money for.

no delaware c corp. a stripe account is enough to start.

youtu.be/ijrS63I0KLU

greg lasseter, who hired for a technical role this fall: if a posting has been open three weeks, "you've kind of missed a boat."

for the roles you really want, apply early.

youtu.be/O3v3D9S8cRU

mark hinkle (@mrhinkle) on guidance counselor 2.0, on getting real value out of ai:

> "it's like having a ferrari parked in your garage and you only drive it up and down your street." most people barely use what ai can do. take it out on the highway.
> he feels like he's got "a flamethrower" while a coworker is rubbing two sticks together. the only reason she doesn't have one: permission.
> online, half the time you're asking "are they real? are they a bot?" trust gets built by putting people in the same room. a local meetup counts.

full episode:
youtu.be/lFUXh3suL2k

"you search tangible words."

steven evans, sr. recruiter: he searches for react, aws, azure. not "problem solver." put the real tools on your resume, then show what you built with them.

ryan carson (@ryancarson) to junior devs: find a very simple idea, figure out how to charge money for it, and get some customers.

now you're shipping real production code to real users.