Hiring Humans 🤝🏼

Underrepresented folks in tech are like the future. We're here, but not evenly distributed.

There's been a lot of DEI bashing in recent times, but there are still folks beating the drum about its importance in hiring. Meri Williams, CTO @Pleo…

Aug 17

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The spec is dead, long live the spec!

Prototypes are the new specs and specs are the new.... source code?

Published on Ravi on Product • Aug 3

July 2025

Want a job at Clay? Start by building in Clay. [Inside Scoop 🍨: 🎧 Ep. #3]

Every once in a while, a support team actually becomes a talent engine. Clay is doing that—and betting big on new grads with their program: The Wheel…

Jul 20

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Want a job at n8n? Start by showing up in the forums 😉 [Inside Scoop 🍨: 🎧 Ep. #2]

Why the Head of Support Engineering cares more about your community contributions than your resume. Support engineers and community engineers, reach out…

Jul 10

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June 2025

The CEO who hired actors to train his team [Inside Scoop 🍨: 🎧 Ep. #1 ]

And why you should work for him too 👀 (Want an intro? Read on to the "Interested in joining Plain" section below ↓).

Jun 26

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How to get headhunted by Lovable ❤️

A few months ago, Mindaugas Petrutis was rejected by his dream company, Lovable. Three weeks ago, they headhunted him for his dream role. His story is a…

Jun 20

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Building CX teams for the future of work.

Gartner predicts that by 2027, 80% of customer service tasks will be fully automated. But this isn't about technology replacing humans — it's about…

Jun 13

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The future of work: a design leader’s perspective

Filippos is Manual's head of product design and the author of a popular product design blog and course, Designary. He shares his thoughts on the future…

Jun 1

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May 2025

Can AI kill the resume?

Jess has worked at (and hired for) some of the most prominent tech startups, including Airbnb, AngelList, and Watershed. This week, she breaks down why…

May 18

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Building AI products - behind the scenes

We talk to Lawrence Jones, founding engineer at incident.io, about AI engineering: hiring, shipping and treating AI like a human counterpart.

May 11

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Are AI engineers the future?

Each time a new technology comes along, jobs are eliminated and others are created. We get a glimpse of the latter and speak with AI engineering guru…

May 1

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April 2025

How to work like an AI-first PM

Prototypes are the new PRD... use vibe coding to write better specs and build better products.

Published on Ravi on Product • Apr 27