From f071e9ad08d3b81e9632f13bce8f0ff09ae14d87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alpesh Bhagwatkar Date: Sun, 3 May 2026 23:10:57 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 01/12] Docs: added summary 285 --- summary/sessions/285/attendees.adoc | 7 +++++++ summary/sessions/285/content.adoc | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+) create mode 100644 summary/sessions/285/attendees.adoc create mode 100644 summary/sessions/285/content.adoc diff --git a/summary/sessions/285/attendees.adoc b/summary/sessions/285/attendees.adoc new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9a144564 --- /dev/null +++ b/summary/sessions/285/attendees.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +==== Attendees + +. link:https://x.com/Alpastx[Alpesh Bhagwatkar^] +. Krishna Gadia +. Lebyy +. GAMILTRON +. Siddhesh Varhadi diff --git a/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc b/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc new file mode 100644 index 00000000..cbd22919 --- /dev/null +++ b/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +Date: 25-04-2026 + +Duration: 1 hr 40 mins + +==== Topics Discussed + +* Alpesh walked through his hiring startup work under Cyber Unbound. + ** The team avoids LinkedIn APIs and scraping (policy and legal risk for a production company) and instead they enrich roles using third-party people-data providers combined with AI for JD parsing and matching. + ** He described a workflow similar to chat for sourcing: paste a job description, get back matched profiles from many active sources, with a long-term store (internally called “Pensive,” a Harry Potter reference) so profiles are not refetched repeatedly. + ** Next steps he is tackling include automating first-line outreach and screening interviews (security fundamentals, then GitHub-led project and code-level questions), with later rounds staying with the hiring company; voice UX that feels human was discussed, including hosted realtime stacks such as LiveKit for self-hosted or tuned experiences, and tooling in the ElevenLabs class for natural speech. + ** He mentioned active fundraising conversations (including inbound from investors after a CEO post gained traction) and a planned re-launch of the Cyber Unbound product with refreshed positioning around mid-May, alongside ongoing automation of operations (sourcing largely done, interviews largely automated, onboarding/content still the heavier manual piece). +* Lebyy shared context from a recent Princeton-adjacent hackathon where he met someone from the YC ecosystem interested in LinkedIn-marketing-style automation; he had started experimenting with an agent-oriented stack but paused for exams. +* Krishna Gadia and Alpesh discussed timelines and trade-offs for graduate study abroad—GRE vs TOEFL/IELTS emphasis, sealed transcripts, diploma lateral-entry implications for transcript years, typical US application windows (e.g. aiming for fall 2027), spring-admit alternatives, and how entrepreneurial track record weighs more for MBA paths than for a CS-focused MS. +* Krishna and Lebyy compared notes on US university life and travel—Lebyy at Rutgers, Krishna’s recent travel in the northeastern US, and Lebyy’s trip to Penn State Harrisburg for a hackathon (ACM-style event with travel support), including overlap on organisers such as Dr Jeremy Bloom and how satellite campuses feel versus larger hubs. +* Alpesh demoed a side project: a Monkeytype-style trainer focused on cybersecurity commands and short explanations, aimed at muscle memory for shell and tooling workflows. +* Siddhesh Varhadi joined briefly and mentioned a hectic stretch around a recent college event. +* The group reflected on how OTC CatchUp summaries are produced today—starting from meeting notes and doing a smaller refinement pass—contrasted with older workflows where dedicated note-takers and writers spent much longer per session. + +==== Additional resources and links + +* link:https://livekit.io[LiveKit^] +* link:https://elevenlabs.io[ElevenLabs^] +* link:https://www.rutgers.edu[Rutgers University^] +* link:https://harrisburg.psu.edu[Penn State Harrisburg^] +* link:https://monkeytype.com[Monkeytype^] From 811057d6898ef39b11f142339cc369e9eecb7c8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alpesh Bhagwatkar Date: Sun, 3 May 2026 23:12:15 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 02/12] Docs: added summary 285: added config --- summary/sessions/285/config | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) create mode 100644 summary/sessions/285/config diff --git a/summary/sessions/285/config b/summary/sessions/285/config new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1a3209e6 --- /dev/null +++ b/summary/sessions/285/config @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +catchup_config_noimage=1 From 7c3084299076813094155b8cd029f0663836c197 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alpesh Bhagwatkar Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 00:18:23 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 03/12] Update summary/sessions/285/content.adoc Co-authored-by: Ankush Kapoor --- summary/sessions/285/content.adoc | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc b/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc index cbd22919..1cb26753 100644 --- a/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc +++ b/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc @@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ Duration: 1 hr 40 mins * Alpesh walked through his hiring startup work under Cyber Unbound. ** The team avoids LinkedIn APIs and scraping (policy and legal risk for a production company) and instead they enrich roles using third-party people-data providers combined with AI for JD parsing and matching. - ** He described a workflow similar to chat for sourcing: paste a job description, get back matched profiles from many active sources, with a long-term store (internally called “Pensive,” a Harry Potter reference) so profiles are not refetched repeatedly. ** Next steps he is tackling include automating first-line outreach and screening interviews (security fundamentals, then GitHub-led project and code-level questions), with later rounds staying with the hiring company; voice UX that feels human was discussed, including hosted realtime stacks such as LiveKit for self-hosted or tuned experiences, and tooling in the ElevenLabs class for natural speech. ** He mentioned active fundraising conversations (including inbound from investors after a CEO post gained traction) and a planned re-launch of the Cyber Unbound product with refreshed positioning around mid-May, alongside ongoing automation of operations (sourcing largely done, interviews largely automated, onboarding/content still the heavier manual piece). * Lebyy shared context from a recent Princeton-adjacent hackathon where he met someone from the YC ecosystem interested in LinkedIn-marketing-style automation; he had started experimenting with an agent-oriented stack but paused for exams. From bbaee210eb9b9efae69c5c945762ca459609e7db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alpesh Bhagwatkar Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 00:18:31 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 04/12] Update summary/sessions/285/content.adoc Co-authored-by: Ankush Kapoor --- summary/sessions/285/content.adoc | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc b/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc index 1cb26753..713156e2 100644 --- a/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc +++ b/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc @@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ Duration: 1 hr 40 mins * Alpesh walked through his hiring startup work under Cyber Unbound. ** The team avoids LinkedIn APIs and scraping (policy and legal risk for a production company) and instead they enrich roles using third-party people-data providers combined with AI for JD parsing and matching. - ** Next steps he is tackling include automating first-line outreach and screening interviews (security fundamentals, then GitHub-led project and code-level questions), with later rounds staying with the hiring company; voice UX that feels human was discussed, including hosted realtime stacks such as LiveKit for self-hosted or tuned experiences, and tooling in the ElevenLabs class for natural speech. - ** He mentioned active fundraising conversations (including inbound from investors after a CEO post gained traction) and a planned re-launch of the Cyber Unbound product with refreshed positioning around mid-May, alongside ongoing automation of operations (sourcing largely done, interviews largely automated, onboarding/content still the heavier manual piece). + ** He is working on automating the hiring process, including first outreach and initial screening interviews (covering basic security, GitHub projects, and coding questions). Later interview rounds will still be handled by the hiring company. There was also a discussion on making voice interactions feel more natural, using tools like link:https://livekit.io[LiveKit^] (for real-time/self-hosted setups) and link:https://elevenlabs.io[ElevenLabs^] (for realistic speech). * Lebyy shared context from a recent Princeton-adjacent hackathon where he met someone from the YC ecosystem interested in LinkedIn-marketing-style automation; he had started experimenting with an agent-oriented stack but paused for exams. * Krishna Gadia and Alpesh discussed timelines and trade-offs for graduate study abroad—GRE vs TOEFL/IELTS emphasis, sealed transcripts, diploma lateral-entry implications for transcript years, typical US application windows (e.g. aiming for fall 2027), spring-admit alternatives, and how entrepreneurial track record weighs more for MBA paths than for a CS-focused MS. * Krishna and Lebyy compared notes on US university life and travel—Lebyy at Rutgers, Krishna’s recent travel in the northeastern US, and Lebyy’s trip to Penn State Harrisburg for a hackathon (ACM-style event with travel support), including overlap on organisers such as Dr Jeremy Bloom and how satellite campuses feel versus larger hubs. From fa3eaf7208d53b059f44e4304d5e88c70bc50b8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alpesh Bhagwatkar Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 00:18:40 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 05/12] Update summary/sessions/285/content.adoc Co-authored-by: Ankush Kapoor --- summary/sessions/285/content.adoc | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc b/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc index 713156e2..db4f3ecb 100644 --- a/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc +++ b/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc @@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ Duration: 1 hr 40 mins * Alpesh walked through his hiring startup work under Cyber Unbound. ** The team avoids LinkedIn APIs and scraping (policy and legal risk for a production company) and instead they enrich roles using third-party people-data providers combined with AI for JD parsing and matching. ** He is working on automating the hiring process, including first outreach and initial screening interviews (covering basic security, GitHub projects, and coding questions). Later interview rounds will still be handled by the hiring company. There was also a discussion on making voice interactions feel more natural, using tools like link:https://livekit.io[LiveKit^] (for real-time/self-hosted setups) and link:https://elevenlabs.io[ElevenLabs^] (for realistic speech). -* Lebyy shared context from a recent Princeton-adjacent hackathon where he met someone from the YC ecosystem interested in LinkedIn-marketing-style automation; he had started experimenting with an agent-oriented stack but paused for exams. -* Krishna Gadia and Alpesh discussed timelines and trade-offs for graduate study abroad—GRE vs TOEFL/IELTS emphasis, sealed transcripts, diploma lateral-entry implications for transcript years, typical US application windows (e.g. aiming for fall 2027), spring-admit alternatives, and how entrepreneurial track record weighs more for MBA paths than for a CS-focused MS. -* Krishna and Lebyy compared notes on US university life and travel—Lebyy at Rutgers, Krishna’s recent travel in the northeastern US, and Lebyy’s trip to Penn State Harrisburg for a hackathon (ACM-style event with travel support), including overlap on organisers such as Dr Jeremy Bloom and how satellite campuses feel versus larger hubs. +* Lebyy shared his experience from a recent hackathon near Princeton, where he met someone from the YC ecosystem working on LinkedIn-style automation tools. He had started experimenting with an agent-based system for this but paused due to exams. +* Brief discussion took place on study-abroad pathways for tech degrees, including exams, application timelines, and evaluation criteria. * Alpesh demoed a side project: a Monkeytype-style trainer focused on cybersecurity commands and short explanations, aimed at muscle memory for shell and tooling workflows. * Siddhesh Varhadi joined briefly and mentioned a hectic stretch around a recent college event. * The group reflected on how OTC CatchUp summaries are produced today—starting from meeting notes and doing a smaller refinement pass—contrasted with older workflows where dedicated note-takers and writers spent much longer per session. From e4f6bbf56ba439c858202d51f1cf316c42dd1807 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alpesh Bhagwatkar Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 00:18:48 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 06/12] Update summary/sessions/285/content.adoc Co-authored-by: Ankush Kapoor --- summary/sessions/285/content.adoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc b/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc index db4f3ecb..0b3ee2d7 100644 --- a/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc +++ b/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Duration: 1 hr 40 mins ** He is working on automating the hiring process, including first outreach and initial screening interviews (covering basic security, GitHub projects, and coding questions). Later interview rounds will still be handled by the hiring company. There was also a discussion on making voice interactions feel more natural, using tools like link:https://livekit.io[LiveKit^] (for real-time/self-hosted setups) and link:https://elevenlabs.io[ElevenLabs^] (for realistic speech). * Lebyy shared his experience from a recent hackathon near Princeton, where he met someone from the YC ecosystem working on LinkedIn-style automation tools. He had started experimenting with an agent-based system for this but paused due to exams. * Brief discussion took place on study-abroad pathways for tech degrees, including exams, application timelines, and evaluation criteria. -* Alpesh demoed a side project: a Monkeytype-style trainer focused on cybersecurity commands and short explanations, aimed at muscle memory for shell and tooling workflows. +* Alpesh demoed a side project: a link:https://monkeytype.com[Monkeytype^]-style trainer focused on cybersecurity commands and short explanations, aimed at muscle memory for shell and tooling workflows. * Siddhesh Varhadi joined briefly and mentioned a hectic stretch around a recent college event. * The group reflected on how OTC CatchUp summaries are produced today—starting from meeting notes and doing a smaller refinement pass—contrasted with older workflows where dedicated note-takers and writers spent much longer per session. From f1c8cac85a13c159fe01ceaa167d65433c44c055 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alpesh Bhagwatkar Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 00:18:56 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 07/12] Update summary/sessions/285/content.adoc Co-authored-by: Ankush Kapoor --- summary/sessions/285/content.adoc | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc b/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc index 0b3ee2d7..3b619394 100644 --- a/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc +++ b/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc @@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ Duration: 1 hr 40 mins * Lebyy shared his experience from a recent hackathon near Princeton, where he met someone from the YC ecosystem working on LinkedIn-style automation tools. He had started experimenting with an agent-based system for this but paused due to exams. * Brief discussion took place on study-abroad pathways for tech degrees, including exams, application timelines, and evaluation criteria. * Alpesh demoed a side project: a link:https://monkeytype.com[Monkeytype^]-style trainer focused on cybersecurity commands and short explanations, aimed at muscle memory for shell and tooling workflows. -* Siddhesh Varhadi joined briefly and mentioned a hectic stretch around a recent college event. -* The group reflected on how OTC CatchUp summaries are produced today—starting from meeting notes and doing a smaller refinement pass—contrasted with older workflows where dedicated note-takers and writers spent much longer per session. ==== Additional resources and links From 1597570ba6e555533d93a07ad0bf3ce5e28957b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alpesh Bhagwatkar Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 00:19:05 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 08/12] Update summary/sessions/285/content.adoc Co-authored-by: Ankush Kapoor --- summary/sessions/285/content.adoc | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc b/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc index 3b619394..65a19c4d 100644 --- a/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc +++ b/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc @@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ Duration: 1 hr 40 mins ==== Additional resources and links -* link:https://livekit.io[LiveKit^] -* link:https://elevenlabs.io[ElevenLabs^] * link:https://www.rutgers.edu[Rutgers University^] * link:https://harrisburg.psu.edu[Penn State Harrisburg^] * link:https://monkeytype.com[Monkeytype^] From b3609ca709708301ec6369a986a28dcb5aeac37c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alpesh Bhagwatkar Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 00:19:13 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 09/12] Update summary/sessions/285/content.adoc Co-authored-by: Ankush Kapoor --- summary/sessions/285/content.adoc | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc b/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc index 65a19c4d..af79bb25 100644 --- a/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc +++ b/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc @@ -15,4 +15,3 @@ Duration: 1 hr 40 mins * link:https://www.rutgers.edu[Rutgers University^] * link:https://harrisburg.psu.edu[Penn State Harrisburg^] -* link:https://monkeytype.com[Monkeytype^] From 831e46ab863cb6f98b03f95287bd643ce88ce82d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alpesh Bhagwatkar Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 00:23:02 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 10/12] Docs: added summary 285: added config final --- summary/sessions/285/content.adoc | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc b/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc index af79bb25..0fca2206 100644 --- a/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc +++ b/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc @@ -6,12 +6,14 @@ Duration: 1 hr 40 mins * Alpesh walked through his hiring startup work under Cyber Unbound. ** The team avoids LinkedIn APIs and scraping (policy and legal risk for a production company) and instead they enrich roles using third-party people-data providers combined with AI for JD parsing and matching. - ** He is working on automating the hiring process, including first outreach and initial screening interviews (covering basic security, GitHub projects, and coding questions). Later interview rounds will still be handled by the hiring company. There was also a discussion on making voice interactions feel more natural, using tools like link:https://livekit.io[LiveKit^] (for real-time/self-hosted setups) and link:https://elevenlabs.io[ElevenLabs^] (for realistic speech). + ** He is working on automating the hiring process, including first outreach and initial screening interviews (covering basic security, GitHub projects, and coding questions). Later interview rounds will still be handled by the hiring company. There was also a discussion on making voice interactions feel more natural, using tools like livekit and ElevenLabs. * Lebyy shared his experience from a recent hackathon near Princeton, where he met someone from the YC ecosystem working on LinkedIn-style automation tools. He had started experimenting with an agent-based system for this but paused due to exams. * Brief discussion took place on study-abroad pathways for tech degrees, including exams, application timelines, and evaluation criteria. -* Alpesh demoed a side project: a link:https://monkeytype.com[Monkeytype^]-style trainer focused on cybersecurity commands and short explanations, aimed at muscle memory for shell and tooling workflows. +* Alpesh demoed a side project which is a Monkeytype trainer focused on cybersecurity commands and short explanations, aimed at muscle memory for shell and tooling workflows. ==== Additional resources and links * link:https://www.rutgers.edu[Rutgers University^] * link:https://harrisburg.psu.edu[Penn State Harrisburg^] +* link:https://livekit.com[livekit^] +* link:https://elevenlabs.io/[ElevenLabs^] \ No newline at end of file From 88cdcc2633c5b852ad532640046771ece316abce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alpesh Bhagwatkar Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 00:37:24 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 11/12] Update summary/sessions/285/content.adoc Co-authored-by: Ankush Kapoor --- summary/sessions/285/content.adoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc b/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc index 0fca2206..872cea00 100644 --- a/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc +++ b/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Duration: 1 hr 40 mins * Alpesh walked through his hiring startup work under Cyber Unbound. ** The team avoids LinkedIn APIs and scraping (policy and legal risk for a production company) and instead they enrich roles using third-party people-data providers combined with AI for JD parsing and matching. - ** He is working on automating the hiring process, including first outreach and initial screening interviews (covering basic security, GitHub projects, and coding questions). Later interview rounds will still be handled by the hiring company. There was also a discussion on making voice interactions feel more natural, using tools like livekit and ElevenLabs. + ** He is working on automating the hiring process, including first outreach and initial screening interviews (covering basic security, GitHub projects, and coding questions). Later interview rounds will still be handled by the hiring company. There was also a discussion on making voice interactions feel more natural, using tools like link:https://livekit.com[livekit^] and link:https://elevenlabs.io[ElevenLabs^]. * Lebyy shared his experience from a recent hackathon near Princeton, where he met someone from the YC ecosystem working on LinkedIn-style automation tools. He had started experimenting with an agent-based system for this but paused due to exams. * Brief discussion took place on study-abroad pathways for tech degrees, including exams, application timelines, and evaluation criteria. * Alpesh demoed a side project which is a Monkeytype trainer focused on cybersecurity commands and short explanations, aimed at muscle memory for shell and tooling workflows. From df9a89f81315db3da554ad2748e3f6f71c2643b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alpesh Bhagwatkar Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 00:37:35 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 12/12] Update summary/sessions/285/content.adoc Co-authored-by: Ankush Kapoor --- summary/sessions/285/content.adoc | 9 +-------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc b/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc index 872cea00..87583a74 100644 --- a/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc +++ b/summary/sessions/285/content.adoc @@ -9,11 +9,4 @@ Duration: 1 hr 40 mins ** He is working on automating the hiring process, including first outreach and initial screening interviews (covering basic security, GitHub projects, and coding questions). Later interview rounds will still be handled by the hiring company. There was also a discussion on making voice interactions feel more natural, using tools like link:https://livekit.com[livekit^] and link:https://elevenlabs.io[ElevenLabs^]. * Lebyy shared his experience from a recent hackathon near Princeton, where he met someone from the YC ecosystem working on LinkedIn-style automation tools. He had started experimenting with an agent-based system for this but paused due to exams. * Brief discussion took place on study-abroad pathways for tech degrees, including exams, application timelines, and evaluation criteria. -* Alpesh demoed a side project which is a Monkeytype trainer focused on cybersecurity commands and short explanations, aimed at muscle memory for shell and tooling workflows. - -==== Additional resources and links - -* link:https://www.rutgers.edu[Rutgers University^] -* link:https://harrisburg.psu.edu[Penn State Harrisburg^] -* link:https://livekit.com[livekit^] -* link:https://elevenlabs.io/[ElevenLabs^] \ No newline at end of file +* Alpesh demoed a side project which is a Monkeytype trainer focused on cybersecurity commands and short explanations, aimed at muscle memory for shell and tooling workflows. \ No newline at end of file