Andrea Serrano
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New in Cowork: scheduled tasks. Claude can now complete recurring tasks at specific times automatically: a morning brief, weekly spreadsheet updates, Friday team presentations.

Stanford CS grads can’t find jobs right now. A few years ago, that would’ve sounded absurd. Today, friends are texting me asking if I know anyone hiring interns. The resumes? Stanford. MIT. Top-tier CS. All struggling. When I was in school, companies competed for CS majors. Signing bonuses. Exploding offers. Recruiters chasing students. That world is gone. Big tech isn’t hiring junior talent the way it used to. Meta cut back on interns and entry-level engineers. OpenAI largely hires senior+ talent. The hiring bar shifted up. At the same time, most companies aren’t adding headcount — they’re trying to extract more productivity from existing teams. But here’s what’s interesting: some 19–22 year olds are still getting hired — and getting paid more than engineers with years of experience. What separates them? They prove they’re exceptional early. They publish research. They ship real products, not just coursework. Some skip the traditional path entirely and go straight to OpenAI or Google. The credential filter is weakening. Proof of execution is replacing pedigree. They dominate hackathons. A 19-year-old won xAI’s hackathon and Elon hired him on the spot. AI companies are looking for people who explore, build, and execute fast. Hackathons are becoming live auditions. And many of them build in public. They create content, explain AI tools, grow audiences. Marketing and DevRel teams notice. If you can use AI well and communicate clearly, you’re suddenly more valuable than someone with a decade of silent experience. The gap between “can’t find a job” and “multiple premium offers” has never been wider. The old playbook was: get the degree and wait to be picked. The new playbook is: build, ship, compete, publish. AI didn’t just change the tools. It changed how talent gets discovered. #TechCareers #AI #fyp #SiliconValley #FutureOfWork
























