After 9 long months of job searching, my mom is officially employed again. Last year, my mom was laid off from the CDC due to government budget cuts. She spent 19 years there and was one year away f…

LinkedIn Content Strategy & Writing Style
Founder & CEO @ Simplify | Looking for a job?
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Michael Yan positions himself as the relatable founder-advocate for the modern job seeker, bridging the gap between high-growth tech leadership and the frustrating reality of the hiring trenches. His content strategy centers on a high-signal mix of satirical commentary on corporate hiring absurdities and transparent "build-in-public" updates that humanize the CEO role. What makes him notable is his ability to maintain a pro-candidate ethos while scaling a massive platform, often using self-deprecating humor and memes to critique the very industry he operates within. This creates a compelling intersection of product-led growth and radical empathy, where his software solutions feel like a direct response to the systemic inefficiencies he highlights daily.
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After 9 long months of job searching, my mom is officially employed again. Last year, my mom was laid off from the CDC due to government budget cuts. She spent 19 years there and was one year away f…

We received over 2,000 applications for our founding engineer role… but the person we hired came from a cold email. That's the reality of early-stage hiring. You run a full process – interviews, tak…

How my job search is going PSA: I built a site that scrapes the internet for jobs and matches you to them based on your resume. It's free. https://simplify.jobs/

When LinkedIn tells me “Someone has viewed your profile” 💀 Credit: Adam Karpiak

2.5 posts/week
Posts / Week
2
Total Posts Analyzed
MEDIUM
Posting Frequency
725.2%
Avg Engagement Rate
STABLE
Performance Trend
185
Avg Length (Words)
MEDIUM
Depth Level
INTERMEDIATE
Expertise Level
0.85/10
Uniqueness Score
YES
Question Usage
0.15%
Response Rate
Writing style breakdown
<start of post>
i'm looking for a founding engineer.
actually, i'm looking for a wizard.
the mission: build the future of how people find work without losing their minds.
ship code faster than i can write these posts
break things, fix them, then break them again
tell me my ideas are bad (when they are)
own the entire stack from 0 to 1
we've already helped 5M+ people. now we're going for 50M.
$140K–$180K + heavy equity. SF office (we have snacks).
dm me your portfolio or a cool project you built.
(know a 10x dev? tag them. i'll send you a box of the best coffee in SF if we hire them.)
<end of post>
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