I could use some help establishing a career direction. My most recent job was as a patent examiner at the USPTO examining in AI. Before that I launched a PERN stack webapp singlepaynews.com, before that I fixed the Seattle DOT’s permit tracking system (Python scripts that read from sql and wrote to docstore were broken by a vendor’s api update), and before that I taught for 3 years at Central Washington University.
M.S. CS; B.Eng. EE; my most significant internship was doing DO-160 electronics test—you write a script to run a function generator and oscilloscope that verifies your power conversion circuit performs and faults as advertised.
I know that the whole world is struggling with getting jobs right now, but I could use an outside perspective on my resume—I’m not sure what I could reasonably do
* Use AI (Claude Code, Cursor). Get great at this.
* With a little experience (and talent) you can be a next-gen startup CTO/senior dev.
* I'm absolutely not kidding.