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Several aggressive bus drivers tonight on Mercer Street pick up Mercer Island High School kids after their graduation. Parked at no parking spots, cut off other cars, rude, and entitled. @SeattlePD Did the tour buses have the proper permits? No signs to inform other drivers.
@mercerislandhs your tour buses in DT Seattle today were unruly and entitled. You own an apology to the drivers of Seattle who were bullied by those drivers. Your coordinator did a very poor job.
Scarily true. If you get paid FAANG salary, I will look to build multiple alternate sources of income.
If you work in tech -- developer, PM, Forward Deploy Engineer, Entrepreneur -- you need to follow Boris' advice. Creator of Claude Code. Right from the source.
I'm Boris and I created Claude Code. Lots of people have asked how I use Claude Code, so I wanted to show off my setup a bit.
My setup might be surprisingly vanilla! Claude Code works great out of the box, so I personally don't customize it much. There is no one correct way to use Claude Code: we intentionally build it in a way that you can use it, customize it, and hack it however you like. Each person on the Claude Code team uses it very differently.
So, here goes.
Most careers will stall in 2026.
Not because people aren’t smart — but because they’re drifting instead of being intentional.
I wrote this article to break down how to think clearly about your career this year.
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In the age of AI, soft skills matter more than ever.
Prof Scott Galloway puts it simply: "Build real relationships. Help people without keeping score. Speak well of others when they’re not in the room."
Careers don’t compound through algorithms. They compound through people.
A colleg student I coached just landed an internship at a top firm. Between behavioral interview mock sessions and leetcode practice, we spent most of last two weeks of her winter break to prepare. In this job market, there is no substitute for putting in the hours and hard work.
Barnes & Noble is prepping for a 2026 IPO, according to the WSJ.
After a massive turnaround under Elliott Management, the bookseller is profitable again and aggressively expanding.
#IPO #BarnesAndNoble #RetailNews
The Stats:
✅ Opening 60+ new stores in 2026 (many in former Bed Bath & Beyonds)
✅ Sales rebounded to ~$3B
✅ Growth fueled by Gen Z & Millennials
When a retailer gears up for an IPO, they typically ramp up hiring across multiple functional areas.
Current Openings:
🏢 Corporate (NY/NJ)
Budget Analysts
Staff & Lease Accountants
Compliance Analysts
IT Project Managers
🏪 Store Operations
Store Managers & Booksellers (Nationwide)
#Hiring #FinanceJobs #CareerOpportunity
Unemployment is at a four-year high, FAANG hiring remains selective, and AI is reshaping roles faster than most people realize. Here’s my honest outlook on the 2026 job market and what actually works right now. nailyourjobinterview.com/202…
#jobreceh #CareerOpportunity
Would you take 33% pay cut for remote? -- my take: this is not just a financial decision. You need to think about future career opportunities, if you can develop side hustles to supplement lost income, and if you want to commit to a location.
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Hearing that another significant round of layoffs is coming to Amazon in January 2026, with the Retail org being impacted.
What’s striking: some L7s+ are reportedly volunteering to be on the list—more out of frustration and burnout than fear of the market.
That says a lot ...
If you're a tech employer who want to hire top tier talents, you need to do the same.
If you're a top tier talent who is interviewing at other tech firms, you should use the OpenAI/xAI no cliff vesting to negotiate same for your equity package.
Per @WSJ, OpenAI has gone from just a 6 month cliff for equity vesting now to … no cliff at all
And will “spend” $6 Billion this year on employee equity
Even at OpenAI, the war for talent never ends
No ESPN and other Disney channels. Time to cancel YouTube TV. #CancelYoutubeTV
After coaching 1,000+ candidates, I noticed one thing:
People don’t fail interviews because they’re unqualified — they fail because they don’t know what to expect.
So I built Anticipate Interview Questions™ to fix that.
🎯 questions.nailyourjobintervi…
Tired of guessing what they’ll ask in your next interview?
I built something for you.
👉 Upload your resume + job description
👉 Get a report of the actual questions you’re likely to face
Try it: questions.nailyourjobintervi…
#JobInterviews #CareerAdvice
🚀 Just launched: Anticipate Interview Questions™
Upload your resume + job description, and get a custom report of the exact questions you’re likely to be asked — behavioral, technical, and role-specific.
Prepare smarter.
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#JobSearch #InterviewPrep
TikTok (ByteDance) pays FAANG+ comp:
2-1: ~$265K Y1 TC
2-2: ~$437K Y1 TC
But interviews are tough:
⚡ Speed & adaptability
⚡ Ownership & influence
⚡ Cultural fit
I coach candidates to land these offers.
Blog breakdown 👉 buff.ly/r2sKsUm
