Author
Prasanth Velithoti
Writes about the engineering behind real-time conversation tools and how they hold up in practice.
9 articles
- Certifications Google Cloud certification: a straight answer for 2026 On 6 September 2026 I opened three pages on cloud.google.com to check current prices, because every price I found in older blog posts about a Google… September 13, 2026
- Career Advice The 90 days it actually takes to move from TCS-shaped work to a product company A friend of mine at Cognizant spent four months applying to product companies before a single recruiter called back. His resume said “maintained legacy billing module,… September 10, 2026
- AI Tools The Real Cost of Final Round AI’s Job Hunter Add-On Final Round AI's Job Hunter is an auto-apply add-on that only runs on top of a paid Interview Copilot subscription, so the advertised tier price never… September 7, 2026
- Career Advice Job-Search Burnout: Automate the Soul-Crushing 80% Job search burnout shows up across three independent 2024-2026 surveys, and the biggest driver isn't the applying, it's the waiting. This breaks down the real numbers,… September 6, 2026
- Career Advice Indeed Auto-Apply: What It Actually Is (and Isn’t) Indeed doesn't sell an auto-apply feature. What it has is Indeed Apply, a one-click flow you trigger yourself with a median 44-second completion time. This separates… September 5, 2026
- Career Advice 200 Applications, Zero Callbacks: The 6 Fixes That Actually Work A diagnostic look at why candidates hear nothing back after 100-200+ applications, using fetch-verified 2025 data from Huntr, CareerPlug, Jobscan, and Greenhouse to reason out six… September 3, 2026
- Career Advice Is Auto-Applying to Jobs Worth It in 2026? A researched look at whether auto-apply tools are worth paying for in 2026, covering when volume helps, what recruiter data says about tailored versus generic applications,… July 30, 2026
- Career Advice Can an ATS Actually Tell You Used AI to Write Your Resume? Job seekers assume ATS platforms scan resumes for AI phrasing and auto-reject the ones that sound like ChatGPT. None of the major platforms, including Greenhouse's new… July 25, 2026
- Free Tools The Vesting Curve Your Offer Letter Doesn’t Show You Amazon vests RSUs 5/15/40/40 while most tech companies vest evenly, 25/25/25/25, and that gap alone can flip which of two job offers actually pays more depending… July 24, 2026