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I also provide private career advisory/coaching and resume services to many in the tech sector, and I'm a mod on a Reddit sub that answers compsci career questi

by fecak 9y ago

I also provide private career advisory/coaching and resume services to many in the tech sector, and I'm a mod on a Reddit sub that answers compsci career questions (r/cscareerquestions), so this caught my eye. The biggest question I generally have with services like this is "who is providing the advice?". We have an issue in our Reddit sub, where there is little transparency (obviously due to anonymous accounts) as to whether your career advice is coming from someone with twenty years of industry experience or an intern. I think the source of the info is relevant, as the recipient may want to weigh the advice based on the source's experience. It appears Boost is using some AI that might automate some of the response, which will hopefully provide some good answers and perhaps have a few kinks with advice that doesn't quite apply. As a bit of advice for the founder (saw you commenting here), perhaps a bit of info on the source of the advice would be useful to users. Best of luck with the service, and feel free to reach out.

ztratar 9y ago
Hey Fecak! Fantastic -- and important -- question. We have trained career coaches on staff, an advisory board for coaching, and an extensive network of experts who are within reach. Through all of this, each conversation acts as a knowledge base that we can pre-fill. We brought in tens of industry experts across product management, design, software engineering, marketing, and more to give crash courses, which were then put into the database as well. We're still refining our coaching process, as what works for one individual doesn't always work for another. I'd be interested in chatting in more detail. Can you reach out? :) -> zach@getboost.io
- fecak 9y ago
  That's refreshing to hear that you've got some experienced team members in place or on call, and although career advice is clearly not 'one-size-fits-all' I've learned over the years that there are certainly many pieces of advice that can be applied on a regular basis without much need for customization (negotiation tactics perhaps) which is why AI will be quite useful to you. Happy to discuss with you, will email directly. Again, good luck!

by fecak 9y ago

ztratar 9y ago

Hey Fecak! Fantastic -- and important -- question. We have trained career coaches on staff, an advisory board for coaching, and an extensive network of experts who are within reach. Through all of this, each conversation acts as a knowledge base that we can pre-fill. We brought in tens of industry experts across product management, design, software engineering, marketing, and more to give crash courses, which were then put into the database as well. We're still refining our coaching process, as what works for one individual doesn't always work for another. I'd be interested in chatting in more detail. Can you reach out? :) -> zach@getboost.io

fecak 9y ago
That's refreshing to hear that you've got some experienced team members in place or on call, and although career advice is clearly not 'one-size-fits-all' I've learned over the years that there are certainly many pieces of advice that can be applied on a regular basis without much need for customization (negotiation tactics perhaps) which is why AI will be quite useful to you. Happy to discuss with you, will email directly. Again, good luck!