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Founder, Candle / Oppy (https://teapawt.net/t.co/34d2qzuw1t) Portfolio founder, operator, investor & futurist. Always interested in the nex͢t.

California
Joined April 2008
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Your job search isn't failing because of you. It's failing because FIVE things are converging at once. 🧵
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Point tools solve one slice each while the system keeps working against you. You need more than a tool. You need a system on your side, one that builds real context about your career and guides you through the whole thing.
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That's the Oppy thesis. Match, not batch. Your career file stays yours. Follow @oppy.work for the deeper story. 🌱
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That email that called you back to the office? oppywork.substack.com/p/that…
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Fast hiring isn't the goal. Understanding the whole person is. Full picture, then coaching, then match. That's how Oppy works. Your story stays private, and only you choose when it's shared. What's the one question you'd want every hiring team to ask you?
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AI won't fix hiring if the input is still a resume. A resume is a memory, not a full picture. We need evidence, context, trajectory, proof, coaching, matching. At Oppy, that's the order. Private by default. What would you want an AI to know that no resume ever shows?
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Match, not batch. I built Oppy around full picture → coach → match, so your career never depends on a keyword search. Ask me what that looks like.
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Oppy is a talent system first. Full picture. Coach. Match. Recruiting is the outcome, not the point. Your data stays yours.If you're tired of being treated like a keyword, tell me: what should a talent system understand first?
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So many people are commenting that today's career, recruiting, and ATS tools are focused solely on corporate interests. This is why we're working on Oppy (oppy.work) More soon.
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I'm delighted to announce my book, Demand - The Great Inversion, is now available for pre-order on Amazon! Pre-order now at Amazon! → a.co/d/0c4Y9Is1 During this limited time, it's available for a steep pre-order discount off its $9.99 list price for $.99.
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Optimizing for the Right Metric open.substack.com/pub/demand…
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