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buoyant snow Apr 11, 2026, 5:34 PM

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My goal is startups in SF with 11-50 people. I haven't applied anywhere yet. I'm thinking my strategy is going to be to cold email / dm founders and CTOs. Any feedback on my resume would be much appreciated

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@foggy igloo I saw u typing

foggy igloo Apr 11, 2026, 5:48 PM

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Format is kinda weird, like the font for the company name in experience is massive. Latest experience just says “Present” but no start date. No need to include dates for projects. Bullets are pretty good, but I think you could expand on your DoD research (just like a couple more bullets) - seems like you have the space

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Yeah sorry I was looking at your website lol

buoyant snow Apr 11, 2026, 5:48 PM

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Yeah my website is shit

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I gotta fix it

foggy igloo Apr 11, 2026, 5:50 PM

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Yeah lol the OpenCode PR is like a magnum opus on there😂

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But it is cool icl

buoyant snow Apr 11, 2026, 5:50 PM

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What do you think of the videos

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You think that’s a good idea

foggy igloo Apr 11, 2026, 5:51 PM

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I didn't watch it all the way through but I think it's a good idea if you're targeting startups. Shows some personality

buoyant snow Apr 11, 2026, 5:52 PM

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Maybe I should shorten them they’re kinda long

foggy igloo Apr 11, 2026, 5:52 PM

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Yeah probably target 60s, since most people would click off after that anyways

buoyant snow Apr 11, 2026, 5:53 PM

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You think overall though I have a shot though

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I have no idea what the bar is for working at a startup

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https://natewilliamsdev.vercel.app

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Also this is my website for other people who want to critique

foggy igloo Apr 11, 2026, 5:56 PM

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Yeah I mean you just need one company and startups are usually more flexible in hiring. Like all you need is to show your value

buoyant snow Apr 11, 2026, 5:58 PM

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I have no idea what I’m doing

foggy igloo Apr 11, 2026, 5:58 PM

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Bro 😂

buoyant snow Apr 11, 2026, 5:58 PM

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Fuck it we’ll see what happens

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Thanks for the feedback

foggy igloo Apr 11, 2026, 5:59 PM

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Yep lmk if you land one, looking to do something similar post grad

buoyant snow Apr 11, 2026, 6:01 PM

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foggy igloo Yep lmk if you land one, looking to do something similar post grad

My strategy is going to be to research each company deeply and make a custom demo of a cool feature on top of their product

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Then record a video and cold email / dm

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I think like you said, I think startups just care if you can provide value

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And I think a demonstration of you literally providing value shows that

thorny kelp Apr 11, 2026, 7:45 PM

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Several points that are vague

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For example, "optimization" that sped up 48x but what was it

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Like it could be deleting dead code that runs for no reason vs rewriting the algorithm from scratch

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Other examples: "two week push," "user-reported bugs"

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Several points about responding to feedback/users but it's similarly pretty vague

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This stuff is harder to explain in a resume tho

buoyant snow Apr 11, 2026, 7:57 PM

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You’re right I need to explain that better

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