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The Blind Ambition with Jack Kelly
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The Blind Ambition with Jack KellyFeb 21, 2024
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Jack and Rick Take on Goldman Sachs' Latest Layoffs and Wall Street Compensation
Jack Kelly and Rick Chen break down Goldman Sachs' latest planned layoffs of 1,300 to 1,800 people as part of its annual performance review process. We react to the mega investment bank's plans to "cull" its workforce and why so many Wall Street firms and banks have annual layoffs. Jack reflects on how the situation is exacerbated by the stigma associated with being labeled a so-called "low performer" and how it typically impacts someone's job prospects in the future.
Rick compares the pay packages common on Wall Street and the finance industry with what you might earn at Nvidia, Meta or a startup in the tech industry. He also explains how stock options and restricted stock unit grants work and whether people really earn $500,000 or more in tech. Jack contrasts the tech industry's stock-based compensation with Wall Street's cash bonuses and explains which might be the better bet for your career.
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![Terence Bennett, CEO of DreamFactory Software: How to Make Transitions Work for Your Career](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo400/24975142/24975142-1651720556238-72bcaf402c812.jpg)
Terence Bennett, CEO of DreamFactory Software: How to Make Transitions Work for Your Career
Terence Bennett, CEO of DreamFactory Software
Terence has long known he would join the U.S. Navy, but it was unclear what he might do after leaving the armed services. We explore his remarkable career journey, marked by different transitions: specialties within the Navy, military life to civilian life, and going from an individual contributor to becoming a startup COO and then CEO.
Terence also shares how he stood out when applying for a job at Google, including the tip he tells every veteran to ace their job interviews. (Hint: Hardly anyone ever takes the time to do it!)
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Kyle Elliott, Founder of Kyle Elliott Consulting: How to Land Your Dream Tech Job
Kyle Elliott, Founder of Kyle Elliott Consulting
Kyle helps senior professionals and executives land their dream jobs at some of the hottest companies in Silicon Valley.
We get Kyle to coach us on how to network—even when you feel like you have to start from zero—optimize your resume so that you can better compete against AI and the tens of thousands of other applicants, and how you can package your experience into standout stories to wow recruiters, hiring managers and executives.
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![Charles Beadnall, Chief Technology Officer at GoDaddy: Your Career Roadmap for Faster Promotions](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo400/24975142/24975142-1651720556238-72bcaf402c812.jpg)
Charles Beadnall, Chief Technology Officer at GoDaddy: Your Career Roadmap for Faster Promotions
Charles Beadnall, Chief Technology Officer at GoDaddy
Charles was one of the early builders of the Internet. We learn how Turner Broadcasting, Yahoo!, and other tech companies influenced how he leads his engineering teams and the experimental and innovation-focused culture at GoDaddy today.
Charles shares his insights into how technologists can use their problem-solving skills to hack faster promotions. He emphasizes the importance of understanding business goals and problems and matching skill sets, mentors and drive to overcome each challenge to drive impact at the company and your career.
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![Jack and Rick Take on Wall Street and its 100-Hour-Plus Workweeks](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo400/24975142/24975142-1651720556238-72bcaf402c812.jpg)
Jack and Rick Take on Wall Street and its 100-Hour-Plus Workweeks
Jack Kelly and Rick Chen react to Wall Street's 100-hour-plus workweeks and its culture of grinding out employees, especially in the junior ranks. We explore the compensation available and whether the money is worth the sacrificed weekends, social relationships and mental health.
Jack also walks through all of the available functions and roles in the finance industry and why tech professionals might want to make the switch.
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Angie Hicks, Co-Founder and Chief Customer Officer of Angi: How Anyone Can Be an Entrepreneur
Angie Hicks, Co-Founder and Chief Customer Officer of Angi
Angie shares the unlikely story of how she became an entrepreneur as a 22-year-old right out of college. We explore the origins of Angie's List, including how they created a marketplace startup before it became popular, why the company bears her name and the marketing tactics the company used to grow to attract venture capital funding and eventual acquisition.
We learn how anyone can be an entrepreneur or startup founder, even if you don't consider yourself a risk-taker. Angie provides a rare glimpse into her leadership approach and how the company maintains a people-first and adaptable culture.
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Carlo di Florio, Global Advisory Leader at ACA Group: How I Became a Regulator
Carlo di Florio, Global Advisory Leader at ACA Group
Carlo spent a decade as a senior regulator, overseeing the financial services industry at the SEC and FINRA. He gives us a rare look into what it's like to be a regulator and how someone lands a role in these top jobs. He also shares the common scams and naughty things bankers, brokers, finance executives and traders might do.
Carlo also takes some time to debunk some myths about a career in compliance, risk and regulatory work. He shares the common career paths for these roles and how many are not accountants or lawyers, plus the typical work-life balance, organization culture and compensation in the field. Finally, we learn about how seamlessly someone can transition from government work as a regulator to the private sector and consulting and back again.
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Lynne Oldham, Chief People Officer at Stash: Why HR Gets a Bad Rap
Lynne Oldham, Chief People Officer at Stash
Lynne made it as an HR executive through a circuitous route across companies, industries, and even countries. We tackle all of the different HR tropes out there, including whether HR is your enemy, how they might only serve executives or the companies, and how mass layoffs might happen.
Lynne gives us a sneak peek into what it's like working in HR as we tackle and dispel each of these myths one by one and through the lens of her time as the chief people officer at Zoom during the COVID-19 pandemic and her transition to Stash, a purpose-focused company.
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![Jeff Bogdan, Former Director, Learning & Development - Microsoft Windows at Microsoft: How to Create Your Own Role](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo400/24975142/24975142-1651720556238-72bcaf402c812.jpg)
Jeff Bogdan, Former Director, Learning & Development - Microsoft Windows at Microsoft: How to Create Your Own Role
Jeff Bogdan, Former Director, Learning & Development - Microsoft Windows at Microsoft
Jeff began his career as a software engineer at Microsoft. We explore the company's culture in the '90s and discuss the launches of Windows 95, the Zune media player, and Windows Phone. Jeff shares what he learned from the failures and how they propelled him to new career opportunities, including a new role he pitched to a corporate vice president.
This episode is a must-listen if you've ever thought about creating your own perfect job.
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![Gal Josefsberg, Vice President, Product and Operations at Guidewire Software: How to Ace Your Next Product Manager Interview](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo400/24975142/24975142-1651720556238-72bcaf402c812.jpg)
Gal Josefsberg, Vice President, Product and Operations at Guidewire Software: How to Ace Your Next Product Manager Interview
Gal Josefsberg, Vice President, Product and Operations - Cloud Platform at Guidewire Software
Gal has seen it all as a product management executive. He walks us through what it is like to be a product owner at an early-stage startup, a more mature startup, and how an IPO or acquisition changes the role. We explore how to work with startup founders and CEOs, navigate egos and micromanagement, and why many product managers might have impostor syndrome.
Gal also gives us his best interview advice, including how to tell if a startup is serious about its product and what you can learn from its investors. Finally, he explains how you can land your first product manager role and even the best questions to ask in a job interview. As a bonus, Gal also tells us how to ace the case study.
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![Jayesh Govindarajan, Senior Vice President, Salesforce AI at Salesforce: Everything You Want to Know About a Career in AI](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo400/24975142/24975142-1651720556238-72bcaf402c812.jpg)
Jayesh Govindarajan, Senior Vice President, Salesforce AI at Salesforce: Everything You Want to Know About a Career in AI
Jayesh Govindarajan, Senior Vice President, Salesforce AI at Salesforce
Jayesh explains how AI is already changing how people work. We dig into how copilots work and how people are already using them to get better at their jobs and explore the new roles and career opportunities created. Finally, we explore how Salesforce hires professionals for its AI teams, which roles are needed, and how they all work together to build and ship new AI products and technology.
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![Jack and Rick Take on 'QuitTok', Viral Layoff Videos and the Job Market](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo400/24975142/24975142-1651720556238-72bcaf402c812.jpg)
Jack and Rick Take on 'QuitTok', Viral Layoff Videos and the Job Market
Jack Kelly and Rick Chen respond to Brittany Pietsch's viral LinkedIn status, revealing that she is still looking for a job nearly six months after recording herself as CloudFlare laid her off. We look into why HR and management teams like the impersonal layoff by video and how hiring managers and executives can do better.
We also take on the hundreds of people who wished her well on social media after she uploaded her layoff video and the perils of social media posts on your career. Finally, Rick explains why he is frustrated by the performative nature of LinkedIn and shares how you can take a more active role to land your next role if you're currently job-hunting.
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![Liz Young, Head of Investment Strategy at SoFi: How to Build a Career in Finance](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo400/24975142/24975142-1651720556238-72bcaf402c812.jpg)
Liz Young, Head of Investment Strategy at SoFi: How to Build a Career in Finance
Liz Young, Head of Investment Strategy at SoFi
Liz's investment strategies and insights are sought the world over from CNBC, where she is a regular contributor on TV, to SoFi, where she leads the financial technology company's strategy function. We get the tactical low-down into how someone can break into a career on Wall Street, the experience needed to become an investment strategist, and how she became a go-to woman in the finance industry.
Notably, Liz reveals how to achieve professional success, especially if you have to create your own opportunities. We dig into how to diversify your resume and avoid getting pigeonholed into a specialty, especially earlier on in your career, and how to find your unique "it" factor and stand out.
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Awa Kone, Global Head of Operations at Flutterwave: Three Secrets to Building a Global Career and Business
Awa Kone, Global Head of Operations at Flutterwave
Awa is a go-to expert for multinational corporations and multi-billion-dollar startups looking to expand worldwide, especially on the continent of Africa. In this exclusive episode, she reveals the top three secrets she's used to develop her career and the businesses she's scaled on a global stage. We dive into Swiss Re and Flutterwave's tactics and expansion strategy and how the two giants think about new countries, markets and verticals.
Awa also shares the lessons she's learned from her experiences as a former actuary and how you can level up your career similarly, even if you don't plan on a career in actuarial sciences or risk. Plus, she explains how to deal with interpersonal or company politics and real-life politics.
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Rich Lesser, Global Chair of BCG: How I Became CEO of a Top Management Consulting Firm
Rich Lesser, Global Chair of BCG
Rich didn't start his career in management consulting. We explore how he decided to give up his plum engineering job at Procter & Gamble to join Boston Consulting Group as a consultant. He shares how he rose through the ranks at BCG over 35 years before ending up as CEO and a trusted advisor to CEOs, politicians, and other global influence-makers.
We also get Rich to share his best secrets for leveling up your career and the skills he learned as a management consultant that everyone can learn and use to succeed professionally. (Hint: They involve breaking some barriers!)
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George Bezerra, Senior Vice President, Head of Data: Why Data Scientists Make so Much Money
George Bezerra, Senior Vice President, Head of Data
George explains how he transitioned from academia to industry and why earning a master's or PhD can help you unlock a career in data science or machine learning.
We also get George to explain the difference between analytics, data science, machine learning and AI roles and why even companies and hiring managers get it wrong so often. He also shares why everyone suddenly wants to become a data scientist and how much analysts and data scientists can expect to earn. Finally, we get him to reveal what heads of data actually look for when hiring.
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Amit Bendov, Founder and CEO of Gong: How to Validate Your Startup Idea and Get Started
Amit Bendov, Founder and CEO of Gong
Amit is now the founder of a startup last publicly valued at more than $7 billion, but fundraising and getting the attention of investors and customers weren't always easy. We dig into the inspiration for Gong and how he persevered through the venture capitalists' many rejections in the early days.
Amit also shares how Gong stood out in a crowded market and how to land a job at the sales-intelligence software company.
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![Andrea Guerzoni, Global Vice Chair, Strategy and Transactions at EY: Everything You Want to Know About IPOs and M&A Deals](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo400/24975142/24975142-1651720556238-72bcaf402c812.jpg)
Andrea Guerzoni, Global Vice Chair, Strategy and Transactions at EY: Everything You Want to Know About IPOs and M&A Deals
Andrea Guerzoni, Global Vice Chair, Strategy and Transactions at EY
Andrea, with more than 20 years of experience in taking companies public, advising CEOs and boards of directors about mergers and acquisitions, and helping orchestrate corporate spin-offs, explains how these IPOs and corporate deals really work. We also get a sneak peek into some of the advice he shares with executives, what his transaction and deals teams look like, and how to get hired on a strategy and transactions team at a consulting firm.
As a bonus, Andrea tells all about what happens after an IPO, merger, or corporate spin-off, including how companies merge cultures, technology, products, operations, and even teams.
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Whitnie Narcisse, Operating Partner at First Round Capital: How to Land a Job in Venture Capital
Whitnie Narcisse, Operating Partner at First Round Capital
Whitnie shares how you can work in venture capital without having an investing or finance background. We explore the world of venture capital platform and all the functions and professionals that make a venture capital firm successful for the firm and its portfolio companies. She also explains why venture capital firms hire their own engineers and how they build their recruitment networks and pipelines for their portfolio companies and the hottest startup jobs.
We also explore how First Round Capital helps startup founders and their early employees succeed beyond the first check. Whitnie tells us how she developed and launched the First Round Expert Network, the firm's Fast Track mentorship program, the intensive product-market fit bootcamp PMF Method, and more.
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![Monty Fowler, Vice President, Revenue Strategy and Enablement at Kentik: How Tech Salespeople Can Make More Money Than You](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo400/24975142/24975142-1651720556238-72bcaf402c812.jpg)
Monty Fowler, Vice President, Revenue Strategy and Enablement at Kentik: How Tech Salespeople Can Make More Money Than You
Monty Fowler, Vice President, Revenue Strategy and Enablement at Kentik
Monty reveals that at many companies, the most highly paid professionals are often the salespeople, and in some cases, they might make as much as a Fortune 500 CEO. We break down the total compensation and pay structures most common in tech sales roles and a possible blueprint to earn $100,000 or more in an entry-level tech sales role.
Monty also explains the archetypes of sales professionals and why it might not be what you think. We learn about the introverted people who succeed in sales roles and how some sales teams are made up of former engineers. He also shares the necessary skills someone might need to do well and the potential career paths in sales.
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Marta Munk de Alba, Former Director, Talent Acquisition EMEA at Netflix: Everything You Want to Know About How Netflix Hires
Marta Munk de Alba, Former Director, Talent Acquisition EMEA at Netflix
Marta takes us to a world where people haven't heard of Netflix. She recalls what it was like to recruit for Netflix in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, when the streaming giant was first expanding outside of the U.S.
We also ask Marta to reveal everything you might want to know about how Netflix hires and what the company culture is really like. She explains the types of professionals and job candidates Netflix prefers to hire, whether their compensation really is among the best in every geography or market they hire, and how she convinced people to accept the job offer. Marta also explains whether the company culture is as "cutthroat" as people claim and how the "keeper test" works in practice. (Hint: There aren't any surprise firings!)
Finally, Marta gives her best tips for those seeking an international career and which job markets worldwide have been quickest to rebound after the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Dan Black, Global Leader, Talent Attraction and Acquisition at EY: The Secret Behind the 'Big Four' Firm's Hiring, Promotion and Retention Strategy
Dan Black, Global Leader, Talent Attraction and Acquisition at EY
Dan leads talent attraction and acquisition at EY and is responsible for the "Big Four" firm's recruiting strategy. We get the inside details into what he and his recruiters look for when hiring and how somebody can get on their radar. Notably, we dig into the diverse roles and backgrounds EY considers and hires, including mechanical engineers, software developers, lawyers, blockchain experts and more.
Dan also shares his top tips for job seekers, including the mistakes professionals make in today's job market, where AI-enabled recruiting processes and video interviews are now more common. We also get a sneak peek into how EY promotes its staff, decides project assignments and rotational programs, finds mentors for folks, and even how executives get rewarded and rise up through the ranks.
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![Valerie Beaulieu, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer at The Adecco Group: Why You Need a 'Career Backpack'](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo400/24975142/24975142-1651720556238-72bcaf402c812.jpg)
Valerie Beaulieu, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer at The Adecco Group: Why You Need a 'Career Backpack'
Valerie Beaulieu, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer at The Adecco Group
Valerie explains her secret to a remarkable career journey, what she calls her "career backpack," which landed her in the c-suite and on the boards of various public companies and organizations.
We look at when Microsoft was a startup and what it was like working in the tech industry when everyone was unsure if it would go anywhere.
Valerie explains how she became the chief marketing officer at Microsoft and the international moves and career pivots along the way. She also explains the skills and relationships she had to build and how we can replicate her career path today.
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Annette Stewart, Senior Director, U.S. Business Acceleration and Integration at RBC: How to Influence Executives
Senior Director, U.S. Business Acceleration and Integration at RBC
Annette tells us how to communicate with executives and what it takes to influence them and drive impact. She also shares how to get started, including everything from networking and meeting CEOs and other c-suite executives at your own company to what to say when you want to get their attention.
We also find out what it was like as the first in her family to graduate from college and make a career in the finance industry. Annette shares the support and mentorship opportunities available for newcomers to the finance industry and her top recommendations about how to get noticed by some of the top hedge funds and Wall Street firms, like Citadel and Goldman Sachs.
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![Ben Morss, Product Manager at Zocdoc: How to Land a Job at Google and Become a Product Manager](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo400/24975142/24975142-1651720556238-72bcaf402c812.jpg)
Ben Morss, Product Manager at Zocdoc: How to Land a Job at Google and Become a Product Manager
Ben Morss, Product Manager at Zocdoc
Ben shares his nontraditional career path, from studying computer science and music to working as a software engineer, developer advocate, and now product manager.
Ben also reveals that many of his colleagues at Google had nontraditional work experience or had to apply multiple times before landing a role at the Internet giant. He shares their common traits and professional experiences. Next, we also explore how to get matched to different teams and business units at Google and how he practiced to pass the Google product manager interview.
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![Ginnie Carlier, Americas Vice Chair, Talent at EY: Why You Need to Be More Adventurous in Your Career](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo400/24975142/24975142-1651720556238-72bcaf402c812.jpg)
Ginnie Carlier, Americas Vice Chair, Talent at EY: Why You Need to Be More Adventurous in Your Career
Ginnie Carlier, Americas Vice Chair, Talent at EY
Ginnie reflects on the best professional advice she's ever received: You need to have an adventurous mindset. We explore how adventure and a willingness to step outside your comfort zone can unlock new career opportunities. Ginnie explains how she put the advice into practice and how it landed her hot roles in Silicon Valley, working on high-tech IPO transactions and getting international experience in a new role in the Middle East.
We also discover what it takes to stand out as a candidate at EY. Ginnie recalls her best interview and why it was with someone with a non-traditional background for a "Big Four" firm. She breaks down the application and what turned the resume into a must-read and must-interview, which is especially important as EY received more than 1 million applications worldwide last year!
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![Congressman Mark Takano: How the U.S. May Be Closer to a Four-Day Workweek Than Ever Before](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo400/24975142/24975142-1651720556238-72bcaf402c812.jpg)
Congressman Mark Takano: How the U.S. May Be Closer to a Four-Day Workweek Than Ever Before
The Honorable Mark Takano of the U.S. House of Representatives
Congressman Mark Takano recently introduced a bill called the Thirty-Two-Hour Workweek Act, which would amend the definition of the workweek in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. If passed into law, it would require overtime pay for anyone who works more than 32 hours in one week, down from the current 40.
Congressman Takano explains why we might have AI, the COVID-19 pandemic and JPMorgan Chase chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon to thank for the U.S. being closer than ever to a four-day workweek.
The Democrat from California also shares how a 32-hour workweek might work in practice and how it could lead to the creation of more jobs, higher pay, and unexpected economic activity. Finally, he outlines what's needed for everything to become a reality.
![Jack and Rick Take on Whether Glassdoor is Still Anonymous](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo400/24975142/24975142-1651720556238-72bcaf402c812.jpg)
Jack and Rick Take on Whether Glassdoor is Still Anonymous
Jack Kelly and Rick Chen react to news that Glassdoor wants your real name. We explore the company's privacy practices and whether company reviews and other information posted to Glassdoor are really anonymous.
Jack explains the real-life repercussions of being outed about posts made on Glassdoor and social media and why anonymity matters. Finally, Rick gives Glassdoor some PR advice about how they could rebuild trust with their users and other professionals.
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![Rick Chen, Senior Director, Head of Public Relations at Blind: How Grit Can Propel Your Career](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo400/24975142/24975142-1651720556238-72bcaf402c812.jpg)
Rick Chen, Senior Director, Head of Public Relations at Blind: How Grit Can Propel Your Career
Rick Chen, Senior Director, Head of Public Relations at Blind
Rick never set out to work in public relations or communications. Instead, he took his teachers' feedback about disrupting class and combined it with a willingness to take on the tasks and jobs few others want to do.
We explore how Rick became a PR executive from the very beginning when he taught himself how to write a press release for the first time to build trust with CEOs, executives, and other principals in his coaching. He also shares why a humble approach and willingness to defer gratification can pay off in your career. Finally, we find out how executives and the busiest people might respond to your cold email asking for advice, an informational interview, or even a sale.
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![Disha Patel, Head of Shopping Product at Cash App: The Importance of Finding Your Craft](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo400/24975142/24975142-1651720556238-72bcaf402c812.jpg)
Disha Patel, Head of Shopping Product at Cash App: The Importance of Finding Your Craft
Disha Patel, Head of Shopping Product at Cash App
Disha explains why finding a craft and refining it over time is essential. It's how she's evolved her career, first as an engineer and then as a management consultant and a product head. We dig into what practicing a craft looks like and how to know if you have the right network and role to thrive.
Disha also shares how she earned her most challenging promotion. We break everything down, including who her manager was, what she did in her role before the promotion, the impact she demonstrated, and why a focus on landing a promotion or pay bump wasn't the catalyst for the big career move.
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![Heather Inocencio, Founder and CEO of The Product Consult: Why Product Managers Fail](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo400/24975142/24975142-1651720556238-72bcaf402c812.jpg)
Heather Inocencio, Founder and CEO of The Product Consult: Why Product Managers Fail
Heather Inocencio, Founder and CEO of The Product Consult
Heather is a sought-after product management consultant with more than 30 years of product management experience at large public companies and high-growth consumer startups, including The RealReal and HauteLook. We got her to share the details about how the product management discipline has evolved and what it was like to be a product manager as the internet blew up to what it is today.
Heather shares what many CEOs and startup founders get wrong about product management and what it really takes to succeed as a product manager. She explains how to find product manager-company fit and why a company with product-market fit might not have one. We also explore the common reasons product managers fail or leave companies and the secret that the best product managers have that can take them to the c-suite.
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![Jack Kelly, Founder and CEO of Compliance Search Group: How I Became a Wall Street Recruiter](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo400/24975142/24975142-1651720556238-72bcaf402c812.jpg)
Jack Kelly, Founder and CEO of Compliance Search Group: How I Became a Wall Street Recruiter
Jack Kelly, Founder and CEO of Compliance Search Group
In this episode, we flip the script and interview our co-host, Jack Kelly!
Jack did not always know he wanted to be a recruiter. Instead, he stumbled upon it after visiting a recruiting agency and having a friend recommend he meet someone in the business.
We look into the economics of recruiting and how many recruiters get their jobs. Then, we explore how Jack started recruiting for Wall Street banks, hedge funds and investment management firms when it was not always obvious it would be lucrative to do so and the work needed to start your own business. Finally, he shares his best tips on how you should approach your pay and why demonstrating passion in your next job interview might be what you need to land the offer.
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![Jack and Rick Take on Google's AI Mistakes and Nvidia's Million-Dollar Pay Packages](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo400/24975142/24975142-1651720556238-72bcaf402c812.jpg)
Jack and Rick Take on Google's AI Mistakes and Nvidia's Million-Dollar Pay Packages
Jack Kelly and Rick Chen explore what happened with Google's well-publicized blunders with its Gemini AI model. Rick explains what likely happened behind the scenes that resulted in the image generator creating odd illustrations and distorting the reality of historical events.
Next, Jack asks if Big Tech and the "Magnificent Seven" group of stocks—Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Tesla—might be in a stage of complacency as growth in their share prices continues. Rick shares how some verified Nvidia professionals on Blind are getting paid and why some are already coasting.
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![Arvind Jain, Founder and CEO of Glean: How to Become One of the Top 1% of Engineers at Google](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo400/24975142/24975142-1651720556238-72bcaf402c812.jpg)
Arvind Jain, Founder and CEO of Glean: How to Become One of the Top 1% of Engineers at Google
Arvind Jain, Founder and CEO of Glean
Arvind spent more than 10 years at Google, going from one of the company's first engineers when it was a startup to becoming a distinguished engineer. We find out just how he earned the promotions and what it took to land the title fewer than 1% of all engineers ever earn, including the tips and tricks many senior engineers try to take and why they might not work.
We also explore why Arvind decided to leave Google and start different companies. Arvind shares his best advice on when to leave a comfortable job and the necessary insight you might need to launch a startup and lead it to a successful exit or meaningful business as its founder.
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![Justin Zhu and Michelle Lee, Co-Founder and Counsel of Stand with Asian Americans: Making the Transition from Executive to Political Advocacy](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo400/24975142/24975142-1651720556238-72bcaf402c812.jpg)
Justin Zhu and Michelle Lee, Co-Founder and Counsel of Stand with Asian Americans: Making the Transition from Executive to Political Advocacy
Justin Zhu, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Stand with Asian Americans
Michelle Lee, Counsel at Stand with Asian Americans
Asian Americans make up a large proportion of the U.S. professional workforce, but often, they are one of the least represented groups at every leadership level. Justin and Michelle describe how Stand with Asian Americans is fighting back and advocating for Asian Americans in the workforce and daily life.
We also explore how Justin and Michelle transitioned to political advocacy from their prestigious jobs as a unicorn founder and CEO and Big Law attorney, respectively, and how their experiences with racial discrimination shaped their work today.
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![Bonnie Dilber, Manager, Business Recruiting at Zapier: Counter-Intuitive Tips You Need to Know to Get Hired](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo400/24975142/24975142-1651720556238-72bcaf402c812.jpg)
Bonnie Dilber, Manager, Business Recruiting at Zapier: Counter-Intuitive Tips You Need to Know to Get Hired
Bonnie Dilber, Manager, Business Recruiting at Zapier
Bonnie leads the business recruiting team at Zapier, focusing on roles in the finance, sales, marketing, people, operations, support, legal and leadership teams. We dig into her untraditional background and why teachers might make the best recruiters and business leaders.
Bonnie also shares her hot takes and best tips about how to get hired at some of the leading companies, even in a tough job market. She explains that sometimes it's best to apply for jobs when others aren't, like around holidays or the end of the year. We also get her to reveal some "red flags," which you might want to look out for when reading a job description or talking to a recruiter to ensure that the opportunity doesn't turn out to be a bad one.
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![Mark Dixon, Founder and CEO of IWG: The Future of Remote Work and the Workplace](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo400/24975142/24975142-1651720556238-72bcaf402c812.jpg)
Mark Dixon, Founder and CEO of IWG: The Future of Remote Work and the Workplace
Mark Dixon, Founder and CEO of IWG
When Mark founded Regus, now known as IWG, he was the first to offer co-working space on a large scale. We explore how workplaces, offices, and even commercial real estate have changed since he started in the company in 1989.
Mark explains how companies are increasingly choosing hybrid or flexible work schedules, which mix working from home and in-office time, resulting in a $2 trillion total addressable market opportunity. We look into how trends like remote work and urban policy are impacting what it's like to work in major cities around the world and why on-premise or in-office work will never go away, even with the latest trends and changes in tech.
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![Neil Dhar, Vice Chairman, Co-Head of Consulting at PwC: How to Assemble a Personal Board of Directors to Advance Your Career](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo400/24975142/24975142-1651720556238-72bcaf402c812.jpg)
Neil Dhar, Vice Chairman, Co-Head of Consulting at PwC: How to Assemble a Personal Board of Directors to Advance Your Career
Neil Dhar, Vice Chairman, Co-Head of Consulting at PwC
We explore the secrets and advantages of longevity in the professional services industry, focusing on the advisory and consulting profession.
Neil has spent more than 30 years at PwC and has held various leadership roles across the firm's different service lines—everything from M&A deals, risk assurance, advisory and consulting. We learn why he's stayed and how the "Big Four" firm keeps things fresh for its more than 364,000 professionals worldwide.
Neil shares his framework for career growth, including how to stay intellectually curious, the value of keeping an open mind and the role of mentorship. Notably, we look into how anyone can build a network of mentors, sponsors and advocates and take a behind-the-scenes look into Neil's own network and the feedback they gave him.
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![Katya Laviolette, Chief People Officer at 1Password: How to Stand Out Among 12,000 Resumes](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo400/24975142/24975142-1651720556238-72bcaf402c812.jpg)
Katya Laviolette, Chief People Officer at 1Password: How to Stand Out Among 12,000 Resumes
Katya Laviolette, Chief People Officer at 1Password
Katya gives us a sneak peek into how recent mass layoffs in the tech, banking and finance industries have impacted the job market. She reveals that 1Password receives as many as 12,000 resumes every month and job postings for internships can add another 20,000.
We ask Katya to break down how to polish your resume and improve your candidacy to stand out in the hiring process and land the job offer. Notably, we dig into whether it's necessary to have domain experience in an industry like cybersecurity and why the secret just might be listening in a job interview.
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![Michelle Gonzalez, Corporate Vice President and Global Head of M12: The Secret to Networking and Meeting the Most Influential People Out There](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo400/24975142/24975142-1651720556238-72bcaf402c812.jpg)
Michelle Gonzalez, Corporate Vice President and Global Head of M12: The Secret to Networking and Meeting the Most Influential People Out There
Michelle Gonzalez, Corporate Vice President and Global Head of M12, Microsoft's Venture Capital Fund
Michelle explains how to really network and why most people think it's so artificial, transactional, or even cringe-inducing. She tells us about the cold emails she would send to entrepreneurs, investors, professors and other notable figures and what it was like to have dinner with Sam Altman and the founders of Lyft before they became household names.
Michelle then teaches us the importance of taking risks to develop professionally. She shares how to get on the radar of some of the busiest and most influential people and how building relationships and seeking regular feedback, even from people you've just met, can pay off.
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![Gleb Yushin, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Sila Nanotechnologies: The Importance of Working on Big Problems and How to Get Started](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo400/24975142/24975142-1651720556238-72bcaf402c812.jpg)
Gleb Yushin, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Sila Nanotechnologies: The Importance of Working on Big Problems and How to Get Started
Gleb Yushin, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Sila Nanotechnologies
Gleb has long been sought out for his background in materials sciences and physics background. Now, he's taken his expertise to clean energy and industries as diverse as connected devices and electric vehicles. We explore how Sila Nanotechnologies was born and how Gleb transitioned from his life in academia as a professor at Georgia Tech to the founder and CTO of a startup designing integral components for Mercedes-Benz and its iconic G-Class SUV or "G Wagon."
Gleb gives us a walkthrough of the hardware industry and how he navigates the pace of product and technological innovation. We also dig into how the culture at a hardware startup differs from one focused on software. Gleb also shares insight into how Elon Musk and other tech pioneers think about complex problems, such as climate change or working with government agencies like NASA. Finally, we get tactical advice about how technologists and senior professionals can advance their careers by finding impactful professional opportunities.
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![Jack Mardack, Co-Founder of Oyster: How I Created a Human-Centric Unicorn Startup as a B Corp](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo400/24975142/24975142-1651720556238-72bcaf402c812.jpg)
Jack Mardack, Co-Founder of Oyster: How I Created a Human-Centric Unicorn Startup as a B Corp
Jack Mardack, Co-Founder of Oyster
Jack began his career as an "accidental" marketer before working in banking and finance. Then, he had enough and decided to move to the San Francisco Bay Area to join the startup scene. There, he met like-minded, smart people who shared his interests in entrepreneurship and finding a way to create a human-centric sustainable business that aligned its business model with a positive impact.
We explore why Jack and his co-founders decided to tackle global employment, local benefits and payroll. He shares how companies have started to use business as a force for good and what sets Oyster apart. Finally, we dig into what it means to be a certified B Corp and how Oyster achieved a $1-billion private valuation to become a unicorn startup.
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![Amanda Richardson, CEO of CoderPad: How I Became CEO Just by Asking and Learning to Share What You Want](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo400/24975142/24975142-1651720556238-72bcaf402c812.jpg)
Amanda Richardson, CEO of CoderPad: How I Became CEO Just by Asking and Learning to Share What You Want
Amanda Richardson, CEO of CoderPad
Amanda says her career has been a windy journey. She admits that, at times, she didn't have a clear career path and has primarily created opportunities for herself. It's paid off, as she was hired to become the CEO of a high-performing startup she didn't start.
We learn how she became CEO and how a frank conversation with a recruiter proved to be a significant catalyst. Amanda also explains what it's like to interview to become a CEO and even how it feels to lay off your entire team because the startup is shutting down.
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![Amir Nathoo, Founder and CEO of Outschool: How a Blog Post Led to a $3 Billion Startup](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo400/24975142/24975142-1651720556238-72bcaf402c812.jpg)
Amir Nathoo, Founder and CEO of Outschool: How a Blog Post Led to a $3 Billion Startup
Amir Nathoo, Founder and CEO of Outschool
We explore what it is like to be a startup founder from the perspective of Amir Nathoo, who knew he wanted to be a software entrepreneur at an early age. Interestingly, he explains how a blog post he published in 2015 about a personal experience led to where he is today, as a founder and CEO of a startup last publicly valued at $3 billion.
Amir also shares his top advice about entrepreneurship and when he knew it was time to quit a high-paying software development job to start a new company. He also explains why a non-linear or atypical career path might be a key to success.
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![Max Tagher, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Mercury: How to Enter a Field Without Prior Professional Experience](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo400/24975142/24975142-1651720556238-72bcaf402c812.jpg)
Max Tagher, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Mercury: How to Enter a Field Without Prior Professional Experience
Max Tagher, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Mercury
Max had never worked at a bank, financial services company or even a financial-technology startup before starting Mercury. Instead, he drew from his firsthand experience as a customer of Silicon Valley Bank, the once-popular bank with many startups, and noticed others like him were also dissatisfied. Max explains how he entered the field without having prior professional experience.
We explore the challenges of co-founding a fintech startup and working with banking partners who often aren't used to operating the same way as a startup founder or technologist. He also outlines why startup founders shouldn't necessarily focus on the technology or engineering first and why a multi-disciplined and user-focused approach was key to Mercury's early success.
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![Lia Garvin, Former Team Operations and Organizational Effectiveness Lead at Google: Lessons From Big Tech You Can Use to Improve Your Performance](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo400/24975142/24975142-1651720556238-72bcaf402c812.jpg)
Lia Garvin, Former Team Operations and Organizational Effectiveness Lead at Google: Lessons From Big Tech You Can Use to Improve Your Performance
Lia Garvin, Former Team Operations and Organizational Effectiveness Lead at Google
Lia gives us an in-depth look into Google's program management and team operations. We explore how she became a program manager and what program managers do at Google and other Big Tech companies, including how they work with software engineers, product managers, designers and executives to map risks, ship regularly to meet deadlines, and help people perform at their best.
Lia explains why imposter syndrome can be so common in the tech industry and how she recommends getting over it. We also got her to reveal what she did at Google to improve team performance and the communication and feedback tooling and frameworks they used so that you can use them to level up your career, build relationships, and land your next, better role.
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![Ingrid De Clercq, Chief People Officer at Deliverect: An Inside Look into How Belgian and European Startups Recruit Talent](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo400/24975142/24975142-1651720556238-72bcaf402c812.jpg)
Ingrid De Clercq, Chief People Officer at Deliverect: An Inside Look into How Belgian and European Startups Recruit Talent
Ingrid De Clercq, Chief People Officer at Deliverect
Ingrid shares how four startup founders in Ghent, Belgium, developed the idea for Deliverect and what it was like conceptualizing and implementing a multinational company's vision, hiring process and performance philosophies from scratch.
We also get a sneak peek into how a Belgian and European startup hires and retains talent from all over the world from one of the first employees of Deliverect, a software-as-a-service startup last publicly valued at $1.4 billion. Ingrid also shares what she thinks sets Deliverect apart and how the company thinks about total rewards and total compensation.
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![Jesse Tinsley, Former Recruiter at 23andMe: What Happens When the Recruiter You're Talking to Doesn't Actually Work at the Company?](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo400/24975142/24975142-1651720556238-72bcaf402c812.jpg)
Jesse Tinsley, Former Recruiter at 23andMe: What Happens When the Recruiter You're Talking to Doesn't Actually Work at the Company?
Jesse Tinsley, Former Recruiter at 23andMe
Jesse Tinsley was a recruiter at 23andMe, Coinbase, Stellar Development Foundation, Protocol Labs and more. Now, he's the founder and CEO of a recruitment process outsourcing company, a largely unknown cog in the job recruitment process.
We explore what RPO companies are and how you can work together with these recruiters to land your next job. While it might be bizarre to find out that the recruiter you're working with might not technically work at the company, the experience is essentially the same. You might have even worked with an RPO recruiter already without knowing it!
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Jack and Rick Take on 'Job GPT' and AI Bots That Apply for Jobs for You While You Sleep
Jack Kelly and Rick Chen break down the advent of AI bots that apply for jobs while you sleep. We discuss Job GPT and other similar services that claim to guarantee job interviews with their indiscriminate job applications.
Rick thinks through the potential repercussions professionals could face for using these tools and AI technology. Jack shares his insights from his reporting about how employers are using AI and moving too slowly when hiring. After all, maybe employers have brought this upon themselves!
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Marcelo Lebre, President and Chief Technology Officer at Remote: Finding the Tipping Point for Your Entrepreneurship
Marcelo Lebre, President and Chief Technology Officer at Remote
Marcelo recalls how he transitioned from academia to entrepreneurship. He gives us the rundown of what it was like to build the product that would become Remote.com and when he knew it was time to go all-in on his startup idea.
We explore everything from identifying the market potential of a startup idea to recruiting employees worldwide and the challenges of building a global business without any physical offices or locations.
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