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"Top Performers are Pathologically Ambitious" and 4 more

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Substack’s 'Your Weekly Stack' digest (created 2026-03-11, last updated 2026-04-04) delivers five personalized recommendations with in-email engagement metrics. The lineup includes career-advice and ambition framing from Matt Beard’s 'Top Performers are Pathologically Ambitious' (≈7 days old; 312 likes, 31 comments), a resignation memoir 'Why I Left Anthropic' by mrinank (4 days old; 335 likes, 44 comments), and Amy’s 'The Cost of Staying' (3 days old; 70 likes, 8 comments) which quantifies the hidden costs technical staff face when staying put. The digest also surfaces high-attention AI commentary: David William Silva’s polemic 'I'm Sorry to Burst Your Bubble' (10 days old; 2,993 likes, 564 comments) criticizing the AI hype machine, and Ethan Mollick’s practical guide 'A Guide to Which AI to Use in the Agentic Era' (2 days old; 917 likes, 61 comments) that maps tool choices in the new agentic landscape.

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That Vast Variety

Top Performers are Pathologically Ambitious

My last post argued that if you want to have a great career, your goal should not be to get a job. Instead, you should choose an important problem to work on, then “get good and be known.” Building skills will allow you to solve problems and reap the benef...

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7 days ago • 312 likes • 31 comments • Matt Beard

The Cost of Staying

Every technical person I know is doing the same math right now. They won’t call it that. They’ll say they’re “exploring options” or “thinking about what’s next.” But underneath it’s the same calculation: how much is it costing me to stay where I am?...

3 days ago • 70 likes • 8 comments • Amy

living more whole

Why I Left Anthropic

Earlier this week, I left Anthropic, sharing my resignation letter on Twitter before heading to work on my last day. I didn’t expect my letter to be shared as widely as it was, or to be of interest to so many people. I didn’t expect to receive invites to p...

4 days ago • 335 likes • 44 comments • mrinank

David William Silva

I'm Sorry to Burst Your Bubble: You Are Being Fooled About AI, and You Will Soon Feel Really Stupid

I know this is not the most apologetic article you will read from me. But I want to make something crystal clear upfront: I have enormous respect for every person I’m about to discuss. What I have zero respect for is the fog machine that has replaced hones...

10 days ago • 2,993 likes • 564 comments • David William Silva

One Useful Thing

A Guide to Which AI to Use in the Agentic Era

I have written eight of these guides since ChatGPT came out, but this version represents a very large break with the past, because what it means to “use AI” has changed dramatically. Until a few months ago, for the vast majority of people, “using AI” meant...

2 days ago • 917 likes • 61 comments • Ethan Mollick

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