This is great writing and what high-quality recruiting looks like today.
Some notes on what I love... It's very easy to read and not trying to sound fancy. It uses basic words. You should write how you speak!
It's humble, including some numbers, but not trying to overhype. There's a level of comfort in himself and his ideas you can feel.
It makes you root for him and his background. You might even relate to some of the examples (I also learned video editing at a young age). People want to work with people they like.
It uses humor without being over the top. This makes it feel written by a human and not some AI slop.
"I don’t care if you are broke film student who works at Starbucks or an OpenAI researcher getting paid a milli by Papa Sam."
Finally, one of my favorite parts is just cutting the normal resume / application crap and going straight to what you've built.
"Do not send me your resume. If you wanna do design here, show me a design for Clicky. If you wanna be a filmmaker here, great, record a video for Clicky and show me."
Nice work @FarzaTV!
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5 minutes ago, @karpathy just dropped karpathy/jobs!
he scraped every job in the US economy (342 occupations from BLS), scored each one's AI exposure 0-10 using an LLM, and visualized it as a treemap.
if your whole job happens on a screen you're cooked.
average score across all jobs is 5.3/10.
software devs: 8-9.
roofers: 0-1.
medical transcriptionists: 10/10 💀
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Bugungi eng kuchli “AI” odati:
so‘rov yuborishdan oldin kontekstni 30 soniyada tozalash.
Reproduksiya, kutgan natija, real natija, muhit (versiya/OS), 1 ta skrin/log.
Shunda model ham, hamkasb ham tez yordam beradi.
AI bilan tezroq ishlash uchun eng kuchli hiyla — yangi model emas, ish jarayonini qisqartirish.\n\nBugun bitta qadamni tanlang: takrorlanadigan ishni template yoki checklistga aylantiring. Shunda AI sizga “kontent” emas, real vaqt qaytaradi.
My current Codex setup works surprisingly well. Model: Fast GPT-5.4 High, Personality: Pragmatic. I also use these custom instructions,You might want to try it.
Act like a high-performing senior engineer. Be concise, direct, and execution-focused.
Prefer simple, maintainable, production-friendly solutions. Write low-complexity code that is easy to read, debug, and modify.
Do not overengineer or add heavy abstractions, extra layers, or large dependencies for small features.
Keep APIs small, behavior explicit, and naming clear. Avoid cleverness unless it clearly improves the result.
Michael Bolin (@bolinfest) is the tech lead of the Codex open source repository at OpenAI and formerly a distinguished eng (E9) at Meta.
I asked him for all the details on his career story and how he uses Codex for max benefit. Timestamps:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:56 - Chickenfoot
00:02:45 - Working at Google
00:06:34 - Overhauling Facebook's build system
00:16:36 - Rewriting Facebook's IDE
00:26:01 - Struggles after Principal Eng (E8) promo
00:28:39 - Building a virtual filesystem for Facebook
00:35:47 - Delayed Distinguished promo (E9) and learnings
00:39:56 - Joining OpenAI
00:43:05 - Research-led vs engineering-led cultures
00:44:53 - The story behind Codex
00:51:00 - How he uses Codex
00:57:00 - Why Codex's harness is open source
00:59:50 - Top technical book recommendations
01:05:02 - Why deep technical skills are still valuable (for now)
01:11:07 - How to start projects well
01:14:27 - Advice on writing better and career planning
01:17:06 - Advice for his younger self
01:19:10 - Outro
He was a dream guest of mine and I'm excited to share his story with you all!
Other places to watch:
• YouTube: https://t.co/uz8snLYoAX
• Spotify: https://t.co/kyDNpaX6LL
• Apple Podcasts: https://t.co/jOYDGtHtd1
• Transcript: https://t.co/uJF1oJHfnd
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