Job searches are humbling. They test your confidence, your patience, and your ability to stay motivated when things don’t move as quickly as you’d like. But they also teach you things about yourself that you might not have learned any other way. For me, the past few months have been a crash course in rediscovering what really matters: not just in a résumé, but in relationships, self-perception, and how we use technology to help tell our stories. Here are three lessons that stood out. Reach Out to Your Network (Long Before You Need It) Your network is a living thing. It requires upkeep, time, and attention, just like a flower garden. You can’t ignore it for years and expect it to bloom the moment you need it. Start planting early. Stay in touch with people whose paths you’ve crossed - colleagues, mentors, partners, even those you only worked with briefly. Drop a note once in a while. Comment on their posts. Share something that made you think of them. These small gestures are the sunl...
Everywhere you look, someone is debating AI: is it useful, ethical, or even trustworthy? After all the noise, the verdict is still the same: inconclusive. I’m not here to settle that debate. Instead, I want to show how AI can be used effectively without turning it from a tool into a crutch. Why the Bad Rap? First let's acknowledge something. AI has an entirely different reputation depending on the context in which it is used. In the corporate world, AI is often seen as a force multiplier while at the same time is derided as potentially displacing several thousand jobs. The latter has most recently been seen in the elimination of 4,000 jobs at Salesforce all under the guise of AI being used to do mundane jobs that used to be filled by people. (Whether this is true or not is a topic for a future discussion.) We've been trying to reach you about your automobile warranty. On a personal level, AI often gets dismissed, whether it’s in academics , fake Amazo...