Founders always say ‘Talk to your users.’ Actually doing it is terrifying.
It’s easy to build in a bubble. It’s safe. You and your team can convince each other that everything is working exactly as planned. That’s exactly where we were before we launched CareerButler in April. But once we opened the doors to 400+ active users, the bubble popped. We had to separate the ‘noise’ from the ‘signal.’ We learned that validation isn't a checkbox you tick once. It’s a constant...
AI cannot fix a bad resume. It can only polish it.
Here is the issue we ran into while building CareerButler V2: We built this powerful AI to tailor resumes to job descriptions. But we noticed that if the user uploaded a weak resume to start with, the AI couldn't save it. If your resume says "I led a team to success" without any numbers, the AI doesn't know what 'success' means. It can't optimize what isn't there. So it either: Polishes the...
"Why build a resume tool in 2025?? The market is saturated, and ChatGPT is free."
We get asked this constantly. It’s a fair question. If you want to write a poem or a recipe, use ChatGPT. It is an incredible Generalist. But if you want to navigate a complex, rigid system like hiring, you don't need a generalist. You need a Specialist. Here is the deep-dive on why we built CareerButler despite the noise: 1. The Prompt Engineering Gap Yes, ChatGPT can write resumes. But the...
Here’s how to use your biggest frustration to build something great
That frustration has to really come from within. The best products aren't built from ideas. They come from a frustration so deep, you feel it in your bones. Here is my little story that I wanted to share with you all. My "moment of frustration" came when I saw a friend manually spending 30 minutes tailoring his resume for a single job application. I remembered my own 1-year brutal job search....