As a founder perspective: 1. I highly second using angel list. Modern founders know, and we (graphistry) list there! 2. ... We are overwhelmed by candidates f

As a founder perspective: 1. I highly second using angel list. Modern founders know, and we (graphistry) list there! 2. ... We are overwhelmed by candidates from there, both by junior or bigco candidates who are hard to distinguish just on paper, and senior candidates who we are not sure are serious. Probably ~100% of the people we talk to didn't do the author's generic approach, but shared a carefully crafted 1-3 paragraphs. The more you go out of your way, the more we notice. Take it from the perspective of a neat small team (like ours!) who is excited about what we do & are growing. Whoever we hire now has a huge impact on what we're building, and as we're planning out the next 3-4 doublings of our team, your personal DNA & culture will determine the success of the 10 people who descend from you. You want to apply to teams who are spending time on doing this well.. and in turn, do it well yourself. Also.. build@graphistry.com if you agree ;-)