Jake Toolson

Owen Wilson, you are the only reason I didn't run as fast as I could out.

Utah ngineering leaders: "If you don't adopt AI, you're falling behind."

Utah's king of narcissists lives next door.

You press your face against my window, breath fogging the pane where lamplight spills a moth convinced the flame is mocking it, that warmth itself is violence.

AI "Software Architects" You know it.

Around a few years ago, I helped a friend who, as CEO, was having problems with their CTO and cofounder.

Nothing about this was super.

Mom.

We did not choose this theatre of wounds, this arena where shadows learned our names before we spoke them before we knew ourselves as targets, as something to be unmade.

This is an intervention.

Coming up on my one-year anniversary here at GetOut, I can't help but reflect on my nearly 25 years in software.

Growing up, I would read the back of a cereal box while eating my cereal.

It seems like all the career advice I see, is written by people who've done one thing for five years and extrapolated wildly.

The "book a demo" problem has variations of layers to this nonsense.

Stepping into hiring, I'm building a strategic hiring plan and I'm reminded that your technical interviews still suck.

I'm humble enough to know I can be replaced, I'm confident enough to know there's nobody else like me.

My first startup, EVALS, took everything from me.

Your SAAS has a pocket knife problem.