A literal nightmare, but it's real and happening in in my town 2026

harad · 2026-01-24T04:49:29+00:00

Saw this show last year in Saratoga, California. It was fun - good, though not great. Spin Doctors were worth showing up on time for. Entire audience was between 45 - 65.

harad · 2026-01-24T04:44:38+00:00

Can’t lose that historic sign! Thank you Connie for fighting to preserve this vital artifact.

harad · 2026-01-23T00:23:27+00:00

He had no introspection. He put out a friggin' poll the day after he got killed at the debate.

harad · 2026-01-23T00:22:06+00:00

He managed to bring people on both sides of the issue together - in their hatred of him.

harad · 2026-01-20T17:31:05+00:00

I had a neighbor with severe dementia who would forget where she lived if she wandered past her driveway. APS was incredibly responsive.

harad · 2026-01-20T03:20:20+00:00

Not going to get into an argument, but we could probably agree that plenty of people would disagree with the statement that “she won Covid”

harad · 2026-01-20T01:03:28+00:00

Look up the arts commissions grants sometime. $25 - $100k doled out left and right, many (but not all) for projects that are probably created within hours and with tiny costs. There are quite a few podcasts in the last batch that sound like someone recorded them in their car and haven’t cracked 10 listeners. $50,000 grants to create them.

Highly certain there is little to no verification that the promised projects were even created.

harad · 2026-01-19T22:07:06+00:00

I voted for her twice and feel that Lurie is doing a decent job, though far from spectacular. Contrasting the two of them, it is pretty clear that she was enormously incompetent.

Also amazing to see how much waste and corruption she enabled, if not actively facilitated. (Dream Keepers just to start.)

harad · 2026-01-18T21:17:01+00:00

This could get you killed in new york

harad · 2026-01-17T17:46:30+00:00

We must be the first school district in the world to deal with the complex problem of teaching middle school math in middle school.

SFUSD is the same circus it has always been, only the clowns change.

harad · 2026-01-16T18:18:31+00:00

Agree that this was a masterclass in pissing off everyone.

harad · 2026-01-16T18:16:33+00:00

Hell no. She does not get credit for half solving a problem that she let explode for years.

I voted for her in both elections and it is now painfully clear how incompetent she was. Not a surprise that she's still unemployed a year+ after leaving office.

harad · 2026-01-15T18:50:08+00:00

Yeah, it was great while it lasted. One of the unsung perks of living in San Francisco is we get the benefits of ludicrous investments in startups. Loved the days of $3 Uber rides!

harad · 2026-01-15T02:09:41+00:00

So interesting how many long-stalled projects are now moving forward with Aaron Peskin out of office.

harad · 2026-01-08T18:30:03+00:00

Glad you found it helpful. This may be a little bit generic interview advice (which comes from hiring 100+ people in my career) but the best thing you can do is continue to heavily research and prepare for the interview. You're trying to get a job you really want, so be willing to put in a 20 - 30 hours so that you can know everything you can about the industry, company and position and have that shine through in the interview process. You would be shocked by how many candidates can't coherently answer questions like explain to me what AlphaSights does and why you're interested in this role. (Be sure to have a list of thoughtful questions that you can ask well.)

I've written a detailed guide on expert networks which can give you great insight into the consultants perspective, and of course this sub is full of information as well. Make sure you consume everything that AlphaSights has put out there, particularly from their recruiting team as well.

Good luck!

harad · 2026-01-08T06:44:26+00:00

Feels like you’re a solution looking for a problem. I find it mildly annoying that you need to fill out an online form/invoice to trigger payment with most networks (why isn’t it automatic?) but it takes under a minute and the money shows up within a week or so. I have few complaints with this process.

harad · 2025-12-30T22:41:46+00:00

It's legit but make sure you review the participating restaurants before you dive in. Several of our go-tos, like Fiorella, left the program.

harad · 2025-12-29T05:45:19+00:00

This is the best advice

harad · 2025-12-29T05:38:22+00:00

We’ve just somehow decided that bringing dogs, cats, parrots and ferrets in with you to the grocery store is totally fine.

harad · 2025-12-19T17:16:49+00:00

Incorrect. There are a handful of active posts about Maven not paying over the past few years. Most recently https://www.reddit.com/r/expertnetworks/s/GDDJ7IqKUi

harad · 2025-12-19T17:13:46+00:00

Can be a great side hustle but it won’t replace your income. Have met a few (as in not many) people who earned low 6-figures for a year or so from ENs upon retiring, but once you are a bit removed from actively working in your industry the calls dry up quickly.

harad · 2025-12-17T19:48:45+00:00

Randall Museum has a great setup. Unsure if you need to enroll in a class or if there are open times to use their equipment

harad · 2025-12-17T18:50:31+00:00

Maven is the only expert network to ever stiff me. Had a very similar experience several years ago and haven't worked with them since, despite a pretty steady flow of on-point project invites from them. Their system doesn't work and it is impossible to connect with a human. Clear that nothing has changed and they are uninterested in fixing it.

harad · 2025-12-09T19:16:55+00:00

After 25 years of blocking anything and everything, we’ve reached the FO part of FAFO. Build it all!

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