startup
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Mar 10, 2026
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3 min read
The data shows what AI could theoretically do to your career. It says nothing about what humans will choose to hold onto, and that turns out to be the more interesting question.

OpenAI
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Mar 3, 2026
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3 min read
AI gets all the blame for the lack of opportunities for graduates, but the companies now reversing course might be the most important hiring story nobody is telling

startup
+10

Feb 27, 2026
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4 min read
Why the real threat to your career isn’t the one you’ve been told about, and what a 1960s economist nobody talks about can tell you about where your value is actually going.

startup
+7

Feb 24, 2026
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4 min read
Why founders who keep tinkering with these tools will be the ones left standing.

sales
+7

Feb 11, 2026
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9 min read
[New here? Start with this piece first] Building technology has never been easier, but getting anyone to care about it has never been harder.

Hard Part First is a publication for founders who know that tech is a commodity today and distribution is the moat. I’m Dax Hamman. I’ve been a founder three times: at Chango (sold to Rubicon Project for $122M), and now at FOMO.ai, where I’m building AI + human marketing teams for brands like Noom, Minted, and PetMeds.