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Our best performing growth channel? Not what you'd expect. We've tried SEO, ads, and influencer marketing. But the best growth channel? Kids telling their parents. Shoutout to Vivek's son for the warm intro. DM me for Simplify+ for life.

We took the top Simplify users to a rave in SF. Last week, one of our clients invited us to an Illenium concert in SF. ...so we surprised 10 of our top users with free tickets. I asked my younger sister to make this quick recap (be nice, guys).

In our first year building Simplify, we autofilled 100,000 job applications. Today, we crossed that before lunch. In the last 24 hours, Simplify users applied to 280,465 jobs. That's nearly 3 applications every second. Back then, I was still writing the autofill script between classes at Stanford. No funding. No team. Just a messy prototype and a belief that job searching shouldn't feel like a second job. I'd refresh the dashboard and celebrate every thousand. 100 autofills felt like a win. 1,000 felt surreal. Now this is our new normal. No launch hype. No ads. Just a 7-person team shipping tools that save job seekers millions of hours. It's easy to look at numbers like these and move on. But I see this chart and think of every person who's been stuck in the same loop I was in – manually applying to job after job, unsure if anything would work out. That's who we're building for.

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗛𝗶𝗿𝗲 #10: Adi joined Simplify as our newest SWE Intern! 👇 Meet the cracked intern helping us launch some of our top features: 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: "What inspired you to apply for this role?" 𝗔𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘆𝗮: I've used Simplify to apply for internships before and really appreciated how intuitive it was. I knew I wanted to recreate that same empowering experience for others. 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: “What’s been your favorite part of working here so far? 𝗔𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘆𝗮: I love how quickly we’re able to ship things. It’s really satisfying to read user feedback and know something I built is actually helping someone get through the job search a little easier. 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: “What’s a fun fact people would never know about you?” 𝗔𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘆𝗮: My friend Andrew and I once ate 100 boneless wings at Buffalo Wild Wings together. 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: “What’s your best piece of advice for someone looking for a job?” 𝗔𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘆𝗮: LinkedIn will make you feel like everyone’s getting offers left and right – ignore it. Behind every success post is a spreadsheet full of rejections. 𝗣.𝗦. 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗳𝘆? We’re opening up more internships soon! Comment “interested” and we’ll reach out to you if you’re a good fit :)

List of fall 2025 internships?? For the past few months, I've been running a script that scrapes fall internship postings as soon as they go live – across careers pages, ATS systems, and niche job boards. The result? A list of 200+ fall internships and co-ops across: - Software / Engineering - Business / Finance - Marketing / Sales These roles are actively hiring right now and new ones are opening every day. Instead of dumping everything in a spreadsheet this time, I built a page that shows you the latest jobs as soon as they open. If you're applying this cycle (or just want to see what's out there) I hope this saves you some time (and some sanity). Link in the comments!! No email, no login, no strings attached. Feel free to tag a friend who’s recruiting too!

I’ve helped 100+ job seekers brand their LinkedIn profiles and watched many of them land offers at places like Google, Meta, and Amazon. 👇 Here are 3 LinkedIn profile tips I believe everyone should be using: 1. Use an optimized headline. Your headline is a great place to add keywords and to sell your impact to a future employer. I recommend this format: 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 | 𝗗𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲 (𝗜𝗳 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲) | 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 / 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁. E.G. Social Media Manager @ Duolingo | Driving 100M impressions across social. 2. Get endorsed on skills. When a recruiter searches for a skill like "Python", the person with the most skill endorsements typically comes up first. In college, I asked for endorsements from my friends and ended up having multiple recruiters to reach out to me as a result. 3. Customize your LinkedIn URL to be shorter. This makes it more convenient for people to search your LinkedIn, especially if you include the link on a physical resume. For example, mine is "linkedin[dot]com/in/myan". You can edit this URL on the homepage of your profile. These small changes make a big difference, especially for recruiters skimming through hundreds of profiles. Highly recommend using them :) P.S. Not sure which keywords to add to your LinkedIn? This free tool finds the best ones to use from job descriptions: https://lnkd.in/gMF8t6BZ

In college, I applied to 150+ internships before landing 4 job offers. Here are three pieces of job-searching advice I wish I knew sooner: 1. Job searching starts with a #’s game. While being hyper-specific on applying to jobs has its place, I believe it’s important to start by sending out lots of applications. Mass-applying is where you’ll gather data. Once you find a role you’re deeply interested in, you can get more specific on landing it.  Pro Tip: I used Simplify to auto-fill my job applications :)  2. Host informational coffee chats, without the expectation of a referral. Ideally, you should be having coffee chats before ever needing a referral/recommendation. People can tell if you’re talking with them to seek out a referral – I believe it’s a much better strategy to focus on building genuine relationships before you need anything. 3.  Creating content is the easiest way to “network”. 1,000 views on a LinkedIn post = 1,000 people who’ve seen your personal brand. I’ve gotten multiple job offers and met tons of interesting people by posting on LinkedIn–I’d highly recommend posting on here! * P.S. I’ll be sharing my best job-search hacks over the next few weeks, follow me at Kevin for more :) 

🚨 List of Sequoia-Backed Startups Hiring Right Now  If I weren’t a founder, these startups (all backed by Sequoia, a leading VC) would be my picks 👇🏻 Open roles: SWE, Machine-Learning, Product Management, Data Science, Marketing, Sales, & more. 1. Strava: Fitness tracking and social networking app.  📌 Why I’d join: They’ve built a massive fitness network with over 100M athletes. 2. Cockroach Labs: Database that keeps apps running even if servers crash. 📌 Why I’d join: They’re valued at $5 billion with only 671 employees… 3. Apollo.io: Tool for finding leads and automating sales outreach.   📌 Why I’d join: 2,500% revenue growth since 2021. 4. Attentive: Personalized text messaging solution for brands.  📌 Why I’d join: Most major consumer brands are adopting their platform (Samsung, Pacsun, Fabletics, etc).  5. Hex Technologies Inc.: Collaborative workspace for teams to share data like a notebook. 📌 Why I’d join: I tried their platform out–it’s super easy to use and is better designed than similar products. 🔗  Links to the companies are in the comments. P.S. I’m Ethan, one of the founders of Simplify. Every week, I share a list of my favorite startups that are hiring – follow me for more!

1.5 years ago, I was trying to land an internship and started posting on LinkedIn. Here’s how a single post landed me a job offer with a YC-backed startup:  Earlier in college, I was actively job-searching and was sharing content about finding an internship. I would share personal updates along with job resources that I found helpful, one of which happened to be the job-autofill extension from Simplify. After sharing a few posts about the company, the founder reached out.  He said he liked my content and we kept in touch. Eventually, he asked me if I wanted to work for him… Now, I’m running the growth marketing for our company and have helped us scale from 500k to over 1 million users :) ✅ 1 year at Simplify complete. P.S. If you want to work for a startup, creating content about them is one of the best ways to get hired – highly recommend! 

🚨 List of 5 AI Startups Hiring Right Now  If I weren’t the founder of a startup, these are the 5 companies I’d be applying to right now 👇🏻 Open roles: SWE, Product Management, Recruiting, Sales, Biz Dev, Ops, Marketing & more. 1. Crusoe: Turns wasted gas into energy that powers AI & research computing. 📌 Why I’d join: They’re powering AI projects while saving the environment. 2. Midjourney: AI image generation from simple text prompts. 📌 Why I’d join: Average revenue per employee is $2.1 MILLION (2nd highest out of AI startups). 3. Harvey: AI that helps draft, review, and analyze legal documents for law firms. 📌 Why I’d join: It’s literally named after Harvey from Suits. 4. Glean: Work AI that makes it super easy to find lost documents and automate tasks.  📌 Why I’d join: The CEO helped build Google Search… he’s cracked. 5. Cognition: Creator of Devin, the world’s first AI software engineer. 📌 Why I’d join: I personally use Devin every day to help me write code. 🔗  Links to the companies are in the comments. P.S. I’m Ethan, one of the founders of Simplify. Every week, I share a list of my favorite startups that are hiring – follow me for more!