<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>vera-tools.org — Guides</title><description>Curated open-source tools, Claude Code Skills, and workflow recipes for late-start technical professionals.</description><link>https://vera-tools.org/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>The H-1B PhD&apos;s risk arsenal: layoff-proofing inside your 60-day grace period</title><link>https://vera-tools.org/guides/h1b-risk-arsenal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://vera-tools.org/guides/h1b-risk-arsenal/</guid><description>A layoff on H-1B status gives you 60 days. Here is a structured risk management framework for the first two weeks — and the open-source tools that reduce friction at every step.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>MS in bioinformatics / DS → industry: the AI-augmented job-search workflow</title><link>https://vera-tools.org/guides/ms-bioinformatics-job-search/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://vera-tools.org/guides/ms-bioinformatics-job-search/</guid><description>A 90-day plan for MS graduates pivoting from research-adjacent roles into industry data science, ML engineering, or applied bioinformatics. Concrete tools, concrete sequence, no motivational filler.</description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your dissertation is a moat. Your job is to stop hiding it.</title><link>https://vera-tools.org/guides/dissertation-moat/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://vera-tools.org/guides/dissertation-moat/</guid><description>Most PhDs entering industry bury their research experience in two lines at the bottom of a resume. This is the wrong approach. Here&apos;s how to package dissertation depth as visible, priceable expertise.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>You don&apos;t need a PhD to be a moat. Here&apos;s the MS playbook.</title><link>https://vera-tools.org/guides/ms-playbook/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://vera-tools.org/guides/ms-playbook/</guid><description>MS holders are routinely under-priced — by themselves and the market. The 18 months you spent specializing are not a watered-down PhD. They are a different instrument. Here&apos;s how to use it.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Late-start technical professionals are not behind. Here&apos;s the math.</title><link>https://vera-tools.org/guides/late-start-math/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://vera-tools.org/guides/late-start-math/</guid><description>If you finished your PhD at 31, you are not five years behind your peers. You are five years deeper into a moat they will spend the next decade trying to dig. Here&apos;s why the conventional framing is wrong — and what to do with the correct one.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>