Hi, I’m Nathan Levine
I write about AI, careers, and what it’s actually like to build software.
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LatestHiring managers aren't hunting for the most impressive candidate — they're trying not to make an expensive mistake. Getting hired gets a lot easier once you start answering that fear directly.
Finishing a course and being able to build something are two different skills. Most courses only train the first one.
Most teams treat technical debt as something to feel guilty about instead of something to manage. That framing is why it never gets paid down.
The same technical point lands completely differently depending on how it's delivered. Most engineers never train for that, and it costs them.
Technical skill gets you hired. Communication, judgment, and how you work with others decide how far you go after that.
A job search is a race against a moving clock on both sides — treating it like a leisurely browse is the most common way to lose it.
A person looking for the right role, and a company looking for the right person — most hiring advice only ever talks about one side of that.
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