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		<title>Welcome to the Hiring Simulator — the Strategy Game Nobody Enjoys</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 17:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There’s this story we keep telling about the job market: it’s tough out there. Fine. I can live with that. And I’m saying this as someone currently in it — reorienting on the way to my next role. I’m having conversations, doing calls, sending applications, waiting, looking closely at what’s out there. And there’s this slightly surreal experience of trying to meet a system where it is, without letting it define me. But first, let me be clear: I get it. Fewer openings, more applicants, smart people competing for the same roles — that’s real. Labor markets have always been cyclical, and economists have data for that. What doesn’t make sense is the vibe. Scrolling through my feeds lately feels less like »people looking for work« and more like watching a weird strategy game. Everyone is min-maxing their character build. And I’m not exempt — I catch myself doing it, too. You start out thinking you’ll just be honest and clear, and two weeks later you’re squinting at job ads like they’re riddles, asking yourself &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Do the Homework Before the Hype</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 09:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There’s something mildly absurd about modern running tech. Every brand talks about AI now. Smart coaching, predictive training plans, readiness scores, recovery scores, stress scores, you name it. My watch apparently knows my future. It just doesn’t know what happened five minutes ago. Take heart rate. I run with a chest strap or the wrist sensor, doesn’t matter. Every now and then the data goes completely off the rails. Suddenly my pulse jumps to 190 while I’m jogging easy, stays there for three minutes, then drops back like nothing happened. No hill, no sprint, no drama. Just noise. Same with GPS. Clean route along the river, then one glitch and the track cuts straight through buildings like I teleported. The device shrugs and saves it as truth. I can live with imperfect sensors. Sweat, movement, bad satellite reception — physics is messy. What I don’t get is why all that so-called intelligence doesn’t clean up the mess afterwards. Because statistically speaking, this is the easy part. Outliers are not some exotic phenomenon. They’re textbook stuff. &#8230;]]></description>
		
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