Today Joe Lonsdale & I are excited to launch Merit First.  Important missions require the best people. full stop.  We are committed to helping orgs find the best talent through open testing. Take our alpha test, join as a company to access to our test-first pipeline today.

In 2025, merit is back in the USA. But merit needs better infrastructure. Too many are stuck in credentialism, filtering for elite degrees and (worse?) FAANG resumes. So, sam lessin 🏴‍☠️ and I are launching Merit First! You can help by getting smart friends to take our new tests! 🧵

Merit is no longer a dirty word, but assessing abilities (vs credentials) is deceptively hard. We’re proud to launch Merit First with sam lessin 🏴‍☠️ & Slow Ventures: open, high-signal testing to connect exceptional talent & worthy efforts. Now live for cos/candidates! meritfirst.us

The response to MeritFirst has been awesome - we are psyched. We are working through a big backlog of companies and candidates to onboard folks. If you haven't heard from us over email yet you will soon... and for general updates follow us for updates at MeritFirst

Your entire team should be competent. Make that happen with merit-based hiring!

Former Cruise employees.. check us out!

Merit First: No more interview scripts, just aptitude tests. But is that any better than dating apps where only 6’5 VP bros win? Jack Raines Angèle Sahraoui

Exciting milestone MeritFirst! First group of partner companies is connecting to talent, with 660+ candidates starting their journey with us. And the bar is high - only 32 test takers earned an "A" so far. No grade inflation here. Top performers will hear from us this week.

First week MeritFirst update: First group of partner companies is connecting to talent, with 660+ candidates starting their journey with us. And the bar is high - only 32 test takers earned an "A" so far. No grade inflation here. Top performers will hear from us this week.

2/ It’s a two-pronged attack—as evaluating talent also becomes easier with experiments like @MeritfirstUS by Slow Ventures & 8VC, where expensive degree brands 🦚 are no longer the sole gatekeepers.

Weekly reminder that we're growing our engineering team of 7 at Hello Patient! Looking for folks with 4+ years of experience and live in or willing to move to Austin, TX. DM me your LinkedIn or resume and come build the next generation of patient engagement software with us.

Come work with me, sam lessin 🏴‍☠️, and Billy Parks on the Slow Creator Fund! Link to apply below

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All of our new roles just went live! We're hiring: - Full Stack Engineering - Prompt Engineering - Account Executives - BDRs - Head of Marketing - Implementation - Account Management Austin or NYC based (and will pay for you to relocate). app.dover.com/jobs/hellopati…