Michael Hess

Report card vs prior 12 months

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Top categories

• Celebratory Announcement — smart avg 126.1 across 8 posts (1.6× typical)
• Hiring / Recruiting — smart avg 109.8 across 50 posts (1.4× typical)
• Personal Story — smart avg 92.5 across 10 posts (1.2× typical)
• Product Update — smart avg 83.4 across 10 posts (1× typical)

Top posts

• 2025-12-10 · Michael Hess · Celebratory Announcement568 eng. (451 likes · 94 comments · 23 shares)

  Just six months after our Series A...I couldn’t be more excited to announce that Outset has raised $30M in Series B financing! 2025 has been…

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• 2026-01-28 · Michael Hess · Hiring / Recruiting392 eng. (296 likes · 82 comments · 14 shares)

  We’re hiring Backend and Frontend Software Engineers. Earlier this week, I shared that we’re opening up a VP of Engineering role. We haven’t…

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• 2026-02-06 · Michael Hess · Celebratory Announcement340 eng. (217 likes · 114 comments · 9 shares)

  We just raised Series B, and we're hiring 10+ engineers. Our investors said to "focus and be deliberate." We're doing both by hiring more. S…

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• 2026-03-02 · Michael Hess · Hiring / Recruiting285 eng. (197 likes · 84 comments · 4 shares)

  Every company I know is cutting its engineering team because of AI. We're hiring 10+ Engineers in March. A colleague called me last week, bu…

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• 2026-01-14 · Michael Hess · Hiring / Recruiting261 eng. (185 likes · 69 comments · 7 shares)

  We're a month into our Series B and already behind on hiring. If you're in GTM or engineering and want to join a fast-moving company, here's…

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