back from the first family vacay in over two years. survived a hurricane (came back early) and the kids had a blast. ready to get back at it tomorrow.

big ugly coffee mug guy

why did you stop being just a recruiter? bc i knew i could make more impact.

all while i was hanging with my family. i'm in my busy season and this is the first time i've felt ahead instead of behind. the future of work isn't doing more. it's carrying less in your head.

saturday with my AI assistant, a recap: → moved my newsletter to a new home (92 posts, 798 subscribers) → drafted this week's issue → wrote my talk for thursday → edited 10 versions of a vlog teaser → planned our 10 year anniversary trip → reminded me about a $1,200 trade-in i totally forgot

when you make friends across the globe 🌍 barcelona, guadalajara, amsterdam, cdmx, santiago. the best part of this job isn't the job.

keynote drops thursday. raleigh, i'm bringing everything i've learned about community building the last two years. see you there.

you don't have to become an engineer to win the agent era. openai's finance, recruiting, and legal teams run on agents now. become the most agent-leveraged person in your function, quantify the hours saved, lead with that number. receipts beat certifications.

learn how llms fail, then build one guardrail. hallucination, overconfidence, cost blowups. then ship an eval set, a generated linter, a review checklist. "i built the guardrails" beats "i use chatgpt" as a portfolio story every single time.

the premium skill right now is catching what agents miss. build a personal review checklist for what agents skip: security holes, edge cases, error handling. put "ai code review" on your resume as a real skill. teams are desperate for people who actually read the diff.