Thoughts on technology, design, and building products.
When a candidate receives a static PDF offer, they are forced into a linear, high-friction negotiation. If they want to trade $10k in base salary for more equit...
As we navigate through Q3 2026, Candidate Acquisition Cost (CAC) for net-new talent has hit an all-time high. Despite the flood of AI-generated applications, fi...
If an employee has to manually search your ATS to find their next internal opportunity in 2026, your product has failed them. The consumerization of AI means em...
For decades, TA products operated in a silo. Recruiters fed the machine, candidates came out, and their post-hire success was locked away in a separate HRIS or ...
In 2024, if an AI recruiting chatbot didn't understand a candidate, it simply looped a generic "I didn't quite get that" message until the candidate abandoned t...
Building a global Talent Acquisition product used to mean scaling a single core codebase to support multiple languages and currencies. If you try that same mono...
For years, the standard technical screening involved sending a candidate a link to a coding platform to solve an algorithmic puzzle in 45 minutes. In 2026, that...
We’ve optimized sourcing down to seconds and screening down to minutes. Yet, in 2026, the entire hiring funnel still grinds to a halt the moment a candidate sig...
Earlier this year, every TA vendor promised that AI could draft the perfect outreach email to candidates. They were right—and now every high-tier software engin...
For decades, the standard job interview relied on a human recruiter frantically scribbling notes on a pad or in a separate Google Doc, trying to listen while ty...
For decades, the "Open Requisition" was the unit of measure for TA. You had a budget for 5 Engineers, and you hired 5 Engineers. In 2026, that model is failing....
For years, salary transparency was a "nice-to-have" feature. In 2026, it is a hard product constraint. Global regulations now require that pay ranges be disclos...
In 2024, we worried about AI-generated resumes. In 2026, we are facing something much more complex: Agentic Candidates. High-level talent is now using personal ...
Degrees are no longer the primary filter; Verifiable Skills are. As a PM, your challenge is moving from a "Database of Resumes" to a "Dynamic Graph of Capabilit...
Engagement, a overlooked metric, is a powerful driver of long-term customer loyalty. A small increase in loyalty can yield significant returns, boosting profits...