I Finally Fired My Spreadsheet. AdiosBoss is the 'Linear' of Job Hunting.

Camille Blandin
il y a 22 heures
2 min de lecture

For the last five years, my career strategy lived in a Google Sheet called Job_Search_FINAL_v4.xlsx.

It was ugly. It was manual. And frankly, it was depressing. Opening that spreadsheet felt like admitting defeat. It was a digital graveyard of "Applied" rows that never turned into "Interviewed."

Last week, I found a tool that made me delete the spreadsheet forever.

It’s called AdiosBoss, and it’s arguably the first career tool that doesn't feel like it was built by an HR department. It feels like it was built by a hacker who got ghosted one too many times and decided to build a weapon.

The "Mission Control" Aesthetic

The first thing you notice is the UI. It’s dark mode, high contrast, and keyboard-first. If you use Linear or Vercel, you’ll feel right at home.

But the "Executive" aesthetic isn't just a skin. It reframes the entire psychological experience of job hunting. You aren't "begging for a job." You are managing a pipeline.

Killer Feature: The "Magic Paste"

This is the feature that sold me. Instead of manually typing "Role: Senior Dev" and "Company: Stripe," you just take a screenshot of the LinkedIn job post and hit CMD+V.

The AI parses the pixels, extracts the salary range, tech stack, and hiring manager instantly. It turns a 2-minute friction point into a 2-second dopamine hit.

Beyond the Tracker: The "War Room"

Most trackers (Teal, Huntr) stop at organizing applications. AdiosBoss assumes you want to win them.

The Resume Penetration Test: It shows you exactly what the ATS bot sees (stripping your fancy PDF down to raw text). I realized my "skills" section was being ignored because of a table layout. Fixed it in 5 minutes.

The "Panic Mode": A hilarious but useful feature. Hit ESC twice, and the entire app morphs into a boring-looking Excel spreadsheet. Perfect for browsing opportunities in an open-plan office.