Personal Dave Posts
I Wrote a 90,000-Word Novel With AI in 2 Days. You Probably Shouldn’t.
AI is great for some things. Not all things. Join me as I take on this experiment.
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Personal Dave Posts
What's On My Mind After 4.5 Years of Writing a Newsletter
A bit of this and that.
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AI and the Imminent Death of Capitalism
Successful AGI and capitalism can't coexist. What will happen when AI companies are successful?
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How AI Helps (and Doesn’t Help) with My 70k Reader Newsletter
We're in a weird halfway world where AI is both somewhat competent, and unreliable.
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You Must Find a Passion Project - AKA How to Avoid Being a Boring Human
I'm absolutely off topic today. Like if being on topic was a road in downtown Seattle, I'd be hiking up Rattlesnake Ledge today. Which, if you don't know, is far away.
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My 61k subscriber newsletter, about marketing, and a bit about relationships. An off-topic holiday note from Dave.
An off-topic holiday newsletter. And a happy New Year to you!
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Dave's Path to Amazon — And He Makes Fun of the Midwest
My path to Amazon wasn't obvious, or all that intentional. But it changed my life forever.
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A Simple Guide to Financial Independence
Tech industry workers are amazingly lucky. Great income with a (generally) healthy job market? It's time to take advantage of that luck.
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My Amazon Interview Loop — A Tech Director Remembers His Own Development Manager Interview
Let's flash back to 2007, when I was interviewing for the second job in my career. It was my Amazon interview.
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An Announcement, a 2.5 Year Newsletter Update, and My Highest Ever ROI Action at Amazon
My move to Substack, a bit about how the newsletter has grown, and a great story about how I helped drive down errors across dozens of systems, without my team lifting a finger.
Early Career
22 Invaluable Life and Career Lessons
This fun article was a list of topics I wanted to write about, but didn't want to turn into entire articles on their own. And to encourage you to read, I suggest that number 19 is particularly great!
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A Guide on Building Your Newsletter and Coaching Business
How to make a newsletter, from tools to social media marketing to writing.