Nathan Lambert, Packy McCormick, and Ethan Evans posted new notes

Nathan Lambert, Packy McCormick, and Ethan Evans posted new notes

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Nathan Lambert, Packy McCormick, and Ethan Evans posted new notes Nathan Lambert You follow 6d Open language models are crucial instruments of… Read More 18 1 Packy McCormick You follow 5d Cable Caballero is the deepest Not Boring Deep Dive to date, on one (two) of the world's most fascinating companies and the… Read More 7 1 Ethan Evans You follow 4d Laid off or worried about it? I passed the biggest interview of my career on 4 hours of sleep. Here is how to interview successfully in hard times and under pressure. I flew into Seattle to interview with Amazon in early 2005. The startup I was at was failing, low on money and barely keeping the doors open. The economy wasn't great and I had already lost jobs in 2001 and 2003. My confidence was low and my worry was sky high. The "secret," detailed below, is to find ways to relax. You must separate the stress you feel outside the interview from your performance during the interview. My story: On my flight to Seattle I couldn't get any food, so I ended up in the hotel bar, starving, near closing time. My plan was to bolt down a meal and get to bed. The man beside me was chatty, but having an emotional crisis. I just wanted to eat and go, but he ended up literally crying on my shoulder. Unwilling to abandon this guy in his distress, I stayed up until 2 AM talking to him, though my interview was early the next morning. I felt a strange sense that taking care of him was more important than my interview. I eventually placed a room service order for breakfast and a large pot of… Read More 33 2 See more notes in the Substack app © 2025 Substack Inc. 548 Market Street PMB 72296, San Francisco, CA 94104 Unsubscribe 082