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00:49 - From Amazon to Betting on Founders
05:14 - How an SVP Pushed Anish to Quit
10:07 - Why the World Is Short on Software
17:45 - The Best Way to Build Intuition
20:39 - Engineers Are Becoming Managers (Whether They Like It or Not)
27:57 - Why Enterprise Software Is Oversold
35:53 - Where to Look for Alpha in AI
39:21 - Bearish or Bullish: Rapid Fire Round
40:22 - Should You Still Study CS?
41:59 - Where AI Token Prices Are Really Headed
Get 6 months free of Linear Business (3 seats) to celebrate our partnership 👉🏻 Redeem at: https://linear.app/ale
📘 AI can write your code. It can't tell your story. Behavioral interviews are the new differentiator, and I wrote the book on them: geni.us/BehavioralInterview-yt
Guest Links:
a16z.com/author/anish-acharya
linkedin.com/in/anishacharya
🚀🚀🚀 Work directly with Steve to get a high performance review and your next tech promotion in a year, guaranteed!
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For the extended conversation, become a member to this channel or join my Substack: open.substack.com/pub/alifeengineered/p/the-career-strategy-that-survives?r=2tt9s7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
00:00 - The Advice Early Career Engineers Need to Hear
00:49 - From Amazon to Betting on Founders
05:14 - How an SVP Pushed Anish to Quit
10:07 - Why the World Is Short on Software
17:45 - The Best Way to Build Intuition
20:39 - Engineers Are Becoming Managers (Whether They Like It or Not)
27:57 - Why Enterprise Software Is Oversold
35:53 - Where to Look for Alpha in AI
39:21 - Bearish or Bullish: Rapid Fire Round
40:22 - Should You Still Study CS?
41:59 - Where AI Token Prices Are Really Headed
