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THE DOWNLOAD a newsletter by Chris Allaire

Chris Allaire

An insider’s POV from an owner/operator on the tech-talent front lines.

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The New AI Bottleneck Isn’t Ideas. It’s Execution.

For most of history, getting from a blank page to a decent idea took work.

Now you can open ChatGPT or Claude and generate 20 strategies, 50 content ideas, a new product concept, a sales campaign, an operating plan, a hiring strategy, and...

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AI Is the Wild West. Where the Hell Are the Sheriffs?

Everybody keeps calling AI the Wild West, and honestly, that feels about right. But what do we know about the Wild West? Short life expectancy, gun fights over poker games, bank and stage coach robberies and towns burning to the ground.

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Stop Looking for the Impossible AI Security Hire

So many companies seem to be looking for one impossible hire right now.

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Claude Code vs. Codex: Which AI Coding Tool Should You Use?

I am not a software engineer.

Let’s get that out of the way first.

I run a technology recruiting company. I’ve spent more than 25 years around engineers, CTOs, technology companies and people building some incredibly complicated shit....

2 months ago
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Are You Hiring to Fill a Job or Solve a Business Problem?

“Chris, we desperately need another Senior Software Engineer.”

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See the difference?

The tit...

2 months ago
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