Writing

Essays on hiring, artificial intelligence, and how people prove and grow real skill.

Bar chart: how well each hiring method predicts job performance. Structured interviews score 0.42 and work samples 0.33, while years of experience score 0.18 and years of education 0.10.

The Interview Predicts Almost Nothing. We Hire on It Anyway.

A work sample predicts performance better than your degree, your resume, or your years of experience. Yet hiring reaches for it last, if at all.

July 16, 2026

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Bar chart: share of U.S. bachelor's programs by return on investment, 23% lose money, 71% pay off up to $25K per year, 6% pay off over $25K per year.

College Is 53,000 Bets, Not One

The credential was never the proof. The work was.

July 14, 2026

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