Getting the most fantastical requests by executive search firms over the last few weeks.
“Brian the #VoiceFirst thing is ‘Blowing up’ we can't find enough people. We want you and anyone you can get–that really understand it beyond just the AI technology”
Keep you folks advised.
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“Brian the starting salary is $450,000 plus bonuses. We have 60+ positions” Me: "Umm, that is low starting salary at this point and frankly there are no more than ~20 folks in the world that have wide domain experience and empirical praxis” “Brian, get them for us"
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I wish more folks at startups and legacy companies did not find my tweets so humous in 2016-2017. Folks, I did really try to let everyone know. Now it is more like 3x:https://twitter.com/BrianRoemmele/status/892757699875688453 …
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Not to be that guy, but I remember hearing in 2011 about a war for talent in voice between Facebook & Google. I didn't want to write about it because it seemed too far-out.
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Marshall, indeed! You were really early sir! It has just really taken up a new level lately. An interesting time.
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Sounds like it. I just heard in passing back then about the belief that peoples' search queries were constrained by their discomfort with typing, vs the idea that they might make more complex queries by voice. Is that how it has gone?
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Marshall, indeed. I have a program that uses AI on server logs and app trails to ascertain true intents of the
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Oh very nice. And have you published anything about the variety of intents you've seen and how frequently they appear?
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Marshall, thanks for asking. Not yet. Working with clients on this mostly. But really need to write about it. Found clear patterns in voice searches and the true intents—even with text searches also.
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