Jake Castillo(@jakecastilloooo):One hiring requirement we had at Cal AI: First-principles thinking. We didn’t need people who made simple problems sound complex. We needed people who could make complex problems simple. Strip away the noise. Find the core constraint. Solve that. In startups, the simplest solution is usually the right one.

2026.05.14 13:35

One hiring requirement we had at Cal AI: First-principles thinking. We didn’t need people who made simple problems sound complex. We needed people who could make complex problems simple. Strip away the noise. Find the core constraint. Solve that. In startups, the simplest solution is usually the right one.