Hiring managers love asking for 'impact' on CVs. Most tech work isn't designed to produce it - and that shouldn't disqualify you.
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Here you can find some of the things I find interesting and some of the things I've been working on.
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The Tale of Impact
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757 Games in a Spreadsheet: Why I Barely Play Anymore
I've been logging every videogame I play for years. The data tells a clear story: my golden age ended around 2017, and the hobby has been fading ever since.
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When the Interview Barely Happened: My Intellias Interview
I applied for a Security Engineer role at Intellias. What followed was a disaster.
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On the Use of AI for Blog Posting
AI isn't writing my blog for me. It's my personal editor - the same arrangement plenty of autobiographies already use. The ideas are mine. The draft gets revised until it sounds like me.
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The Current Status of the Job Search: ATS Filters, AI Interviews, Fake Offers, and Constant Rejections
A short field report from the 2026 hiring market - what's broken, what's working, and why I'm still looking.