“I hate my job” peaks every Tuesday at 2PM (and other job search confessions)

a $133 million seed + your next employer has 40 open jobs

Aloha Friends,

Happy Wednesday. Did you know that job seeking activity peaks on Tuesday afternoons? The assumption: people who hate their job, hate it most on Tuesdays. So… good thing it’s not Tuesday? 😅

Today’s menu:

• A confessional poll

• A self-reflection exercise for job seekers

• Tips for career changers

• How much more $$ AI skills will net you

• Oh, and JOBS of course

PS, last week you were all incredibly generous sending your thoughts and feedback. Just wanted to take a moment to say thank you 🙏

Pokémon GO to the polls

Two-thirds of job seekers use AI when applying to jobs. Wbu?

Questions to ask (yourself) before you accept a job

I like this post from Ben Lang over at Next Play about what you should be asking startups (and yourself) before you sign up for a job. Take out your glitter pens and do a lil self-reflection before you sign that offer:

• What is important to you as you think through this decision? What is less important?

• Why do you want to join?

• What are your expectations for the role? Why?

• What are your expectations for the company? Why?

• What do you think of the people at the company? Why do you think those things?

• Do your answers to these last three questions align with the reason you want to join?

These questions seem obvious - so much so, that most people assume they’ve answered them for themselves in the head - but if they are forced to write them out fully they often realize they haven’t fully made the argument that even convinces themselves.

A job searching tip for all my career changers

Salesforce’s Daniel Garcia on how he got a job in tech sales after eight (!) years in logistics. But honestly, these work for everyone.

The TL;DR:

• Meet your heroes: Find people who have your dream job and ask how they got it.

• Quality over quantity: 10 really well done applications will get you further than 100 meh ones.

• Learn a new language: Take the time to translate your experience into the language of your dream role/industry. Don’t expect recruiters to do the word math for you.

Open jobz

Good golly oh molly, I think we need to talk about this $133.7 million dollar SEED round raised by General Intuition, the frontier research lab dedicated to games.🤩 They have EIGHTEEN open jobs in their NYC offices, including an action policy researcher and a video editor.

Autonomous shipping truck company Wabi has FORTY open jobs across all functions, including a research internship and a PhD internship.

Real-time speech processor Sanas is hiring for sales roles. All are U.S.-based roles. Some are REMOTE.

Pulley makes equity management software for startups. They’re also hiring REMOTELY across customer success, design, and engineering.

Stella needs CX, engineering, GTM, and marketing folks to work on its AI-powered customer research platform. These roles are based in the NYC HQ. They have a hot and fresh $16 million series A as of mid-October.

Finch, which makes AI-powered pre-litigation software for personal injury law firms, has TWENTY-ONE open jobs in its NYC HQ. Many of them are founding positions!

Lighthouse helps tech U.S. companies secure visas for the world’s best talent—a super in-demand service right now. They have a several open positions in their Jackson Square, SF, offices, including engineering positions for new grads.

Zed, which closed a $32 million series B in August, needs engineers to work REMOTELY or in Boulder, CO. Neither of which are bad choices! They’re also open to remote workers in EU time zones. They tout unlimited PTO and work-life balance, a perk for anyone needing a break from the 996.

Back-office services platform (think payroll, tax, and compliance) Warp has a dozen open jobs across sales, growth, design, GTM, and engineering in NYC.

Here’s something super fun: India-based Airbound makes autonomous delivery drones. They’re hiring for mid- and senior-level roles in Bengaluru.

Good news for yew

PwC found that people with AI skills get 56% higher pay than people doing the same job without AI skills. So, if you don’t already know your sh*t, now is the time.

Required reading

• Jack & Jill, which just raised a $20 million seed, is trying to make job searching easier. Job seekers chat with Jack, who asks about their skills and the job they want. Then Jill, who works with recruiters, talks to Jack and together they find jobs for you. Lousy as a nursery rhyme but genius as a business. No open jobs just yet, but I’ll keep an eye out.

• Why we have pigeons to thank for AI breakthroughs.

• Also, someone tell me if they’re getting NVIDIA’s $4K supercomputer.

👨🏻‍💻 Thanks for reading. You mean the world to me.

ILY,

Jordan