I love this interview because it summarizes my current take on a lot, from hot topics like AI all the way back to religion and particle physics. It was conducted by Steve Huynh, host of A Life Engineered.
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1:11 - Speed-running your career
7:07 - Winter is Coming, and outworking peers
12:42 - Importance of life priorities
14:30 - Which jobs are safe from AI?
20:48 - Will companies do more with less? Or more with more?
26:35 - Moats in the world of AI
30:44 - Personal disruption and security with AI
36:20 - What about the 99%? Silos?
41:16 - Good news with AI. Headed to dystopia?
47:47 - What about UBI?
49:22 - Unions and collective bargaining?
52:09 - Why do you continue to employ a software engineer?
54:44 - Meta vs. OpenAI engineering culture
57:07 - How important is it to work an on AI project?
58:46 - Stories of working with Zuck or Carmack
1:04:11 - Joy vs. compensation / productivity
1:11:06 - Being rejected from jobs
1:12:36 - On selling all RSUs always
1:18:48 - Something overrated or underrated
1:21:12 - Particle physics, consciousness, and morality
1:31:37 - Centrality of philosophy
1:37:27 - What’s next for you?
1:42:44 - On demoting from E9 to E7
