Playing Wargames at Angel Thunder with Operator Solutions CEO Brandon Daugherty | Mike Drop Clip 181

About this video

Brandon Daugherty recounts his work as a reservist contractor planning Angel Thunder (now Red Flag Rescue), a two-week annual war game exercise involving 25 nations, special operations forces, and multi-agency personnel recovery scenarios. He describes how his wife applied on his behalf to a NASA position building the commercial crew program because he didn’t believe he’d get the job. Daugherty shares a resume tactic he used to get past automated screening by embedding the job description in white text to match keywords and secure a phone interview.

Key takeaways

• Daugherty worked on Angel Thunder, a massive annual two-week war game exercise in New Mexico that brought together special operations units from 25 countries to practice personnel recovery scenarios with live fire and role players
• Daugherty’s wife secretly applied for a NASA PJ position on his behalf when he lacked confidence to apply, believing he wouldn’t compete against higher-ranking applicants
• Daugherty used a resume tactic of embedding the job description in white, tiny font at the bottom to trigger keyword matches in automated screening systems and secure an interview opportunity

Episode details: published April 2, 2024 · 1.6K views · 9:17 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Stories told by Mike Ritland’s podcast guests are the guests’ own accounts, attributed to them — not independently verified. Commentary is Ritland’s, presented as his analysis.

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