We just had an amazing 10-day deep dive into the Aomori prefecture of Japan. It’s my 4th time in Japan and my wife’s 8th (maybe 9th?), and we know we will be back many more times, so we are fortunate to be able to stay in a less touristy region for a longer time. Aomori prefecture’s biggest city is the same-named Aomori city. It’s an agriculturally rich area famous for its apples, rice, seafood,…
After a failed attempt to start a company, I was, for the 4th time, active in the job market with 8.5 years of experience under my belt. The search took 5 weeks, during which I chatted with 18 companies, received 3 offers, 3 rejections, was ghosted by 1, and withdrew from the rest at various stages. In terms of outcome, I’ll be joining Anthropic to be a founding member of its Claude Growth team.
In January 2024, I quit my job at Abnormal Security and co-founded a startup as CTO. Having worked on it for a year, I left the company in Jan 2025. In this post, I’m not going to mention names and specifics, given that as of writing, the company and the product still exist, being operated by one of the cofounders. (Obviously those who are curious can easily trace to the specifics.)