<story><title>Boost – Your personal advisor and career coach</title><url>https://www.getboost.io/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>rezashirazian</author><text>&lt;i&gt;Roll eyes&lt;/i&gt;. I&amp;#x27;m sorry but this is a ridiculous idea. I can see potential use for this once or twice a year, and even at that I wouldn&amp;#x27;t reach out to anyone unless I know them personally.&lt;p&gt;How insecure and in need of validation someone needs to be to seek career advice from a chatbot four times a month?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ztratar</author><text>Hey! Founder &amp;amp; CEO here.&lt;p&gt;Love the emotional response. Hey -- some people have to think it&amp;#x27;s incredibly stupid for it to be a good idea, right? #vclogic ;)&lt;p&gt;Anyways, we don&amp;#x27;t see this as just an advisor&amp;#x2F;coach that you use once or twice a year. That&amp;#x27;s thinking by the old school rules of how career coaches work.&lt;p&gt;But Boost is very, very different.&lt;p&gt;The vast majority of our users use Boost to analyze internal workplace situations, such as those dealing with politics or trying to climb the ladder. Many users do this weekly, when they get new communications that confuse them and they want to ensure they put their best foot forward.&lt;p&gt;We started the company as an advice-giving system for those during job hunts, but found nearly everyone should have been talking to us 3-6 months before they were switching. Most people don&amp;#x27;t have online brands that exude quality, they don&amp;#x27;t land speaking engagements, they don&amp;#x27;t push themselves to hit goals, and much more.&lt;p&gt;The people who push, have constant feedback, and have social accountability end up achieving much more. They gain an edge over the people who only &amp;quot;need advice once or twice a year.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Tighter feedback loops = faster learning, which equates to faster career growth.&lt;p&gt;----&lt;p&gt;Oh, and it&amp;#x27;s not a chatbot. Think of it more like Facebook M -- we have a full-time staff of career coaches who ensure every conversation is of the absolute quality. As of right now our chatbot tech is exceedingly limited and we&amp;#x27;re prioritizing quality over scale.</text></comment>
<story><title>Boost – Your personal advisor and career coach</title><url>https://www.getboost.io/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>rezashirazian</author><text>&lt;i&gt;Roll eyes&lt;/i&gt;. I&amp;#x27;m sorry but this is a ridiculous idea. I can see potential use for this once or twice a year, and even at that I wouldn&amp;#x27;t reach out to anyone unless I know them personally.&lt;p&gt;How insecure and in need of validation someone needs to be to seek career advice from a chatbot four times a month?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>skylark</author><text>My gut reaction was the same as yours because I would personally never use a service like this.&lt;p&gt;That said, the existence of career consultants proves that there are people who do enjoy this sort of advice and direction. I don&amp;#x27;t see this becoming a unicorn startup, but I could see it becoming a niche service that some people really enjoy.</text></comment>