Career
topic on 7 shows · 11 statements across 10 episodes
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11 statements about Career, every show
Zhang: Human careers will still exist after AGI
“The first thing I want to say is I'm like, certain there will be careers after AGI. The reason for that is, like, most of our jobs, for sure are for jobs, are kind of, like, made up. Most jobs are made up... So when AGI is here, like it will change people's jo…”
Zeev: Partners in large VC firms prioritize personal deals over fund performance
“You know, if the typical, if a partner in a in a partnership, especially large partnership with some, with politics and all that they're much more interested in their investments succeeding than anything else because that's their career.”
Gebbia: Federal staff completed digital retirement proof-of-concept in four days
“We went off, the careers took this assignment on, and they didn't do it in seven days. They did it in four days. They did it faster than we all thought. It was possible, you know, again, it was a proof of concept prototype.”
Raviv: Working in a company's core growth department drives career step-functions
“And the, that department, if you're whatever role you have, if you're in that department for that company, that's going to be your career defining work. Like that's why it's so worth it. That's kind of, you're going to attract, like, you know, The best colleag…”
High achievers over-index on career because business provides faster feedback loops
“The feedback loops for a lot of high achievers are so much quicker in your domain of career. And they're a lot longer in other areas like health, even or family or your marriage and relationship.”
Rouif: Total career learning depends on the number of iteration loops completed
“You know, you have a, like, finite time in life, anything like life, like a career, a path in a company, and the number of things you can learn really depends on how many loops you can get in that.”
Singhal: Plan your career by working backward from the job after next
“So what I try to tell people to think about is work backwards from your end state, almost think of career as a product. So if you're building a good product, you think about, well, here's what a great product would look like. And then you break it into Version…”
Singhal: Equating company promotions with overall career progression is a mistake
“I'd say the biggest one in workplace is, is focusing career and promotion together. And I think that there's a, perhaps a light connection between promotion and career addition. But I feel like too many people are, you know, the moment we talk about career, th…”
Cain: Young professionals make the mistake of being too risk-averse in career choices
“The big mistake that my students are making is they're a little too risk-averse.”
Christensen: High achievers prioritize career over family to get immediate feedback
“When we have a choice about how do we spend this extra ounce of time and energy unconsciously, we invest our time and energy where we get the immediate return, and that's not at home.”