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Amazon VP: Questions On Corporate Politics But They Get Increasingly Darker | Ethan Evans (opens the original)
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I put together a set of questions on corporate politics that get increasingly darker. I was aiming for the questions to test Ethan’s unusual level of transparency since he retired from being a VP at Amazon.For instance, I asked him if he had burned people to get ahead or if he was empire building at Amazon. He shared a story of how he did and Jeff Bezos caught him. It didn’t go well for him.He also had some interesting stories about unusual HR situations. One guy got fired for pooping underneath
OpenAI & Meta Distinguished Eng (IC9): The Psychology Behind Tech Career Peaks | Philip Su (opens the original)
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Philip Su grew quickly to a Distinguished Engineer at Facebook and OpenAI. We talked about the psychology behind peaking in a tech career and the pressure at the highest levels.Check out the episode wherever you get your podcasts: YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts.Timestamps
Update on Quitting My Job (opens the original)
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For the first time in my career, I made a decision that didn’t make sense on paper.Last year, I started a podcast to practice speaking and share software engineering career stories that inspired me. Everything felt new and I was learning a lot. After work, I kept thinking about ways to make the podcast better.I dreamed of working on it full time but it never made sense because I’d only ever lost money on it. Then late last year, there was a reorg that felt like a good opportunity to leave Meta e
Casey Muratori: Surprises In Computer History And Where Bad Code Comes From (opens the original)
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In this episode, my goal was to record a conversation that was completely free of any “AI doom” content. There’s so much of it out there, I hope that this can be a nice timeline cleanser.I had Casey Muratori on who is a video game developer and programming creator also known for several talks (ex1, ex2) on the history of computing. In putting together those talks he dug deep into computing history. Enough where he had interesting stories and tidbits to sha
How Anthropic Builds And How Engineering Will Change Soon | Thariq Shihipar (opens the original)
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When I talk with my friends who work at Anthropic it always surprises me how far ahead they are in adopting AI within their processes and workflows. Generally what engineers in the industry start doing, these top AI labs have already been doing for a while. In this conversation, I asked Thariq Shihipar who is an engineer on Anthropic’s Claude Code team how Anthropic makes the most out of the models for engineering and how the industry will change soon.For instance, we discussed:How Anthropic mai
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