AI founder: I apply to fewer than 5 companies when unemployed
menhguin · x · 2026-10-19
AI founder menhguin shares his unconventional job-hunting approach: when unemployed he applies to fewer than 5 companies, and lately he skips applications entirely, opting to DM directly or raise funding instead. He says he can rarely think of more than a dozen places he'd actually want to work.
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