Phase 9 · Proof of Work

The Offer

Convert the work into the title.

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Tasks

Build the target list and apply to 10+
Archetype B/C/E first: engine teams (Together, Fireworks, Baseten, Red Hat/vLLM), platform teams (Anthropic, OpenAI, CoreWeave, Modal), field roles. Kernel roles (archetype A) once Phase 4 artifacts are strong.
build+150 XP
Complete 3 real interview loops
The first loop is a calibration exercise. Take notes on every question you couldn't nail; feed them back into the gauntlet.
build+200 XP
Sign an inference engineering offer
The final boss. (Comp data point from the research: senior inference roles at specialist shops clear $400k+ TC.)
build+1000 XP