Existential
As the end of my fixed term NHS contract approached, I did the sensible thing and started interviewing for my next product manager role. Then something clicked. I’m 29 with no dependents, have a modest amount of savings, and I’ve been dreaming of my route back to the startup world. I’m not saying this is my last chance, but it feels like a window of opportunity. There’s a lot of debate on side hustling vs a full time ‘burn the boats’ approach. After a couple of years of the former, I’m ready to try the latter. (Though in my case it’s a ferry, and I don’t think CalMac would appreciate me…
Existential launched on April 20, 2023 with 84 votes, #808 of 4,853 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.
What it does
Existential is an AI-powered career exploration tool that analyses your interests, skills, values, and experience to create recommendations. With Existential, you'll have the confidence and clarity needed to turn your aspirations into a rewarding reality.
Bother makes organizational context machine-readable. Concepts like decisions, risks, goals, and dependencies live in a semantic graph your team and AI can navigate -- not in people
In the maker’s words, at launch
As the end of my fixed term NHS contract approached, I did the sensible thing and started interviewing for my next product manager role. Then something clicked. I’m 29 with no dependents, have a modest amount of savings, and I’ve been dreaming of my route back to the startup world. I’m not saying this is my last…
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