Tyler Dane
Bio
I used the techniques in this talk to weasel into a Backend Engineer role at a startup, despite graduating with a History degree a few months earlier. Then I used them to land a Fullstack role and double my salary. Then I got a Lead Frontend role and doubled my salary again. Now I get Founding Engineer offers on autopilot (This stuff works!).
I've also interviewed over 100 engineers and have seen the surprising ways companies actually decide who to hire after the interview.
I’m currently building an open-source planner for minimalists and writing about system design.
Presenting Sessions
Past Presentations
Participating Sessions
- How I Use Notion to Run my Publishing Company
- AI Told You So Again: How I Built a $1B Unfair Advantage ... And So Can You (Meet OpenClaw)
- How to Go Public in 2026 Using an Initial Crowd Offering
- Don't Rip and Replace: how to avoid the shiny upgrade pitfall in long-term systems
- Growing a Social Media Community: What’s Working Right Now
- I Learned How to Tell Stories in This Building — Here's What Most Techies Miss
- Every Engineer Sucks at Job Hunting Until They Learn This
- Business Partners and Co-Founders: The Good, the Bad, the Weird
- Managing Your Tech Career v17 – (Why do recruiters suck so bad?)
- Everything in Time: The Ultimate Guide to Android Date and Time Programming
- The Minnesota First Check Playbook: How Early-Stage Capital Really Flows