Nathaniel on benn.substack

Isnt this mess part of the process of technology evolution? Think about how we consumed music in the 90's. Grandparents had record players, because their collection was big and they sounded good. Parents had some records, maybe a few 8 tracks, and a decent tape collection (even if some of those tapes were mixed from the record collection). Poor kids had tapes, wealthy kids had CD's and rich kids had mini-disks. Then the 2000's trashed all that with MP3s, MP4s, Itunes and Napster. Now the cool kids are buying records again. Also, as I am applying for my first analyst job, I see this same type of tool overload disfunction every day. Each job board wants to process my resume slightly differently. Then the application might happen through the job board itself, or redirect to the company. Sometimes the company processes it internally, sometimes it is processed by a 3rd party where I have to set up an account and password. Sometimes the company I am applying to is a staffing company, a recruiting company or a contract company and they use a 3rd party processor to vet for the 4th? party. Sometimes the posting will be a cross posting from another job board, that is a recruiter posting for a 3rd party that uses a 2nd 3rd party to process the application. Maybe applications would be a good application for "The Mesh"?