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Fun fact: I took the photo she used as a cover for one of her books, she asked me if she could use it and I said I'd like to be compensated and her response was something akin to "oh I was just asking assuming you'd say yes, I'm going to do it anyway". Nobody's perfect, maybe she regrets it, and it hasn't really crossed my mind in years, but I guess it still sort of irks me to be reminded of it. Anyway if anyone needs a portrait for a book cover feel free to hit me up XD.

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Just another random anecdotal experience with Chip.

I was interviewing with Claypot.ai and when I met her for my first conversation, she was on a walking treadmill and very clearly was more interested in a Slack conversation she was having.

She moved me on to the next round which I irrefutably bombed and was respectfully told that I wouldn't be moving on which was the right decision, but I'll never forget watching her walking motion while looking at Slack on her second monitor almost the entire time we were talking.

everyone has bad days/things they regret. i'm not sure this is a relevant discussion to the content, and personal anecdotes can be very damaging to a person's reputation - i've met her in person and she is delightful, but neither of us are here to judge people so lets stick to the content?

You are very correct. Thank you for the reminder. I can't tell if I'm just missing it and can't find it but I "authorize" a deletion of my comment as off-topic if there's a way for me to do that.

It’s possible they were taking notes on the second monitor. Many interview coaches recommend taking notes during the interview to capture the response, largely verbatim, so that candidates can be fairly compared afterwards.

I've taken notes in plenty of interviews (and make sure to call it out ahead of time) but taking notes verbatim sounds absolutely terrible for both sides. A good interview is a conversation, and it's incredibly hard to do that if you're trying to transcribe the other half.

Are walking interviews a thing? I'd be very annoyed.

Just an itsy bitsy little bit of copyright infringement :)

Sounds like a pretty entitled and unpleasant person. At the bare minimum you should have had a say in whether you picture could hve been used.

Huh, that sounds like the arguments artists make for keeping their work out of training sets. :)

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