Thursday Things — May 22nd, 2025

In case you’re new here, CCing my EA is a bite-sized newsletter dedicated to Executive Assistants like yourself.

Every Thursday, we deliver a quick email with 5 new job listings, 3 fun posts, and 1 helpful tech tip straight to your inbox. 📬

5 new job listings

1. Oracle, $79k - $158k, Remote

2. Solventum, $94k - $114k, Remote

3. HealthEquity, $60k - $75k, Remote

4. Equip, $80k - $90k, Remote

5. SynkedUP, $60k - $100k, Remote

We only post jobs under 7 days old, but some may expire before you open this email.

3 posts you might’ve missed

#1

I had a lot of fun workshopping this comic and loved how it turned out. Hope you feel the same :)

These comics are based on true stories submitted by EAs retold in a fun, anonymous way.

For convenience, we also post these to LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook.

Do you have an outrageous or funny story you’d like to get off your chest? Just reply directly to this email to share — I promise anonymity! 🤫

#2

I feel like there’s been a lot of talk about EA vs Chief of Staff lately, so this is just another reminder that it’s totally okay to not want to transition to Chief of Staff! 💼

#3

The idea of torturing myself with boredom until work is a better alternative is so hilarious yet also genius to me. Talk about using social media addiction to your advantage. 😭

1 Tech Tip

Why you shouldn’t sleep on niche AI tools

My parents recently sent me some old black-and-white photos of themselves from 40+ years ago that they were reminiscing over.

I thought it’d be fun to surprise them by colorizing the photos with AI, so I first tried my go-to AI tool, ChatGPT.

Despite explicitly prompting ChatGPT to “color the photo in realistically while keeping all of the original details intact and without taking creative liberties”, the result still looked cartoonish.

Then I tried Gemini with the same prompt. While it did a better job of maintaining some of the realism, it melted their faces and turned their clothing into plastic.

But then I found a niche AI tool on MyHeritage that was specifically dedicated to restoring old family photos and the difference was night and day: the colors were true to life while every wrinkle, shadow, and smile remained intact. Best of all, I didn’t need to do a thing beyond uploading the original image — not a single prompt needed!

The result speaks for itself.

The main point I’m trying to make here is that while general-purpose AI tools like ChatGPT and Gemini are great for quick, lightweight tasks, they’re going to fall short on anything more nuanced.

If you want the best results, whether it’s restoring a decades-old photo, transcribing a meeting with speakers who talk over each other, or calendaring across three time zones for your execs, niche tools built for one job are going to outperform all-in-one tools every time.

Which, not-so-coincidentally, is exactly why we built Vimcal EA: the first calendar designed specifically for Executive Assistants. Okay that was a small marketing plug, but one that really comes from the heart. ❤️

If you ever need a refresher on past Tech Tips without digging through your emails, they’re all available in a single post right here.

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