That’s awesome!

I’m curious: what specific strategies or habits have you developed to sift through all the chatter and zero‑in on the conversations, resources, or people that actually push your growth forward?

For example, do you rely on certain tags, follow particular communities, set daily reading windows, or use any filters/keywords?

I’d love to hear what’s worked for you so others (like me) can adopt a similar approach.

I first stumbled on Blind while job hunting, and since then I’ve used it as a resource, not a social media platform like most people do. I follow specific tags like software engineering and career, and I don’t keep notifications on (in fact, the only app with notifications on my phone is WhatsApp).

For interviews, I search company-specific tags to find discussions and tips, ChatGPT makes it even easier now to extract insights from those threads. I also use it for compensation research. Occasionally, I’ll check company gossip, and I have to say, Blind has correctly predicted layoffs at my employer twice. Beneath all the noise, some people really do share valuable inside information.

That’s why I treat Blind as a data-gathering tool, not a hangout. I mainly open it for interviews, negotiations, compensation benchmarks, or to get the general sentiment around a company. Honestly, I wish they had an API like Reddit’s, it would make pulling insights so much easier.