Ive led hiring at our company for a while
now, and I’ve gotten increasingly upset at the number of candidates I’ve come across, that have a great story and background, but just tank their application by copy and pasting material directly from Claude or Chat GPT
These tools are so great for writing. I use them. Your favorite writer probably uses them. But there is a right and wrong way to use them. This has so far been the best resource I’ve found for writing with them, the right way.
How I write with AI: Bicycles for the mind vs motorcycles for the mid
1. Speak notes aloud (via wispr bc no desktop Claude voice mode) and brain dump, often with screenshots and/or prior essays. This is very useful to just get the most raw versions of an idea together without self conscious constraints.
2. Claude asks me clarifying/challenging questions (prompt: “interview me asking questions one at a time to help flesh this out”) to organize/substantiate the idea, after which I give an outline/flow
3. Claude generates a first skeleton draft putting my notes into the flow
4. I move to a word processor (google docs or bear) and re-write paragraph by paragraph (also via wispr).
5. I send back to Claude for comments and feedback before repeating step #4.
6. Once I’m satisfied, I send to Pangram to make sure I’ve sufficiently re-written everything and hold myself accountable.
7. Publish