Over the past twenty years, “productivity” has come to be synonymous with using digital tools to speed up non-essential parts of knowledge work. As cal argues in this episode, this “cybernetic” approach has proven to be a complete failure. He explores why speeding up isn’t working and what this teaches us about what we need to do instead. Below are the ques ... Show More
Sep 2023
673: Getting Hired, Interviewing, and Why Recruiters Suck with Taylor Desseyn
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Taylor Desseyn about his work as a job recruiter, how hiring has changed over the last few years, what soft and tech skills developers need, what not to do when applying, and how AI is affecting the hiring process.
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56m 18s
Jan 2023
Leveraging mentors to uplevel your career | Jules Walter (YouTube, Slack)
<p>Jules Walter is a product leader at YouTube and co-founder of both the Black Product Managers Network and Codepath.org. Previously, he led monetization and mobile growth teams at Slack. He’s also a very well-known leader in the broader product community. In today’s episode, we ... Show More
1h 10m
Mar 2023
Supper Club × The Role Of UX Designers In Humanizing The Future with Travis Neilson
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Travis Neilson about his work at Google, YouTube music, and where AI is at now, and where it’s headed in the future.
Show Notes 00:37 Welcome
00:55 Guest introduction
Travis Neilson (@travisneilson)
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59m 22s
May 2023
Chanuki Seresinhe - Head of Data Science at Zoopla - Generative AI & AI for happiness #33
Our guest today is Chanuki Seresinhe, head of Data Science at Zoopla, a company which provides millions of users with access to properties for sale and for rent. In our conversation, we first talk about Chanuki’s PhD where she used machine learning to identify relationships betw ... Show More
57m 13s
Sep 2022
When and how to invest in new acquisition channels | Adam Grenier (Uber, MasterClass)
<p>Adam Grenier is the former Head of Growth Marketing and Innovation at Uber, where he helped build Uber’s growth infrastructure from the ground up. He is also the former VP of Product and Marketing at LambdaSchool, and former VP of Marketing at Masterclass. These days, Adam is ... Show More
1h 9m