Essays
Notes on honest job searching.
From building a job tool that refuses to lie on your behalf, and field guides for the corners of the job market the big boards ignore.
NonprofitHow to actually find nonprofit jobs in 2026 (Idealist, and what it misses)
Idealist is the right place to start a nonprofit job search, and the wrong place to end one. Where the sector's jobs actually live, and how to search when the titles don't match your résumé.
FederalUSAJobs without the pain: a field guide for first-time federal applicants
Federal hiring runs on eligibility, occupational series, and evidence, not on résumé vibes. Hiring paths, the questionnaire, USA Hire assessments, documents, and the timeline, in one checklist.
FederalThe federal résumé translation problem: why "Program Analyst" is your title now
The government doesn't hire your title. It hires occupational series. How to translate a private-sector career into the language a federal HR specialist is required to screen for.
MethodFive applications a day beats fifty: the case for honest volume
Mass-applying made application counts explode, so employers filter harder, so the bots apply more. How five applications you can defend outperform fifty you can't remember sending.
Honest AIAI wrote "I have 5 years of Python" on a real person's application. You can't un-send that.
Mass-apply bots answer recruiters' screening questions in your name, with facts they invent on the spot. What that costs you, and what an AI job tool looks like when it's built to refuse.