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The following is a conversation with Liam Bolling, a product manager at Google currently working on the Gemini API. Prior to this, Liam has led engineering teams at Google and Microsoft and has founded three startups. Our conversation was centered around the character traits that make someone a better PM, how to make decisions when the information required to make them doesn’t exist, and some inte...

The following is a conversation with Chandra Maloo, a product manager at CRED, currently working on CRED Payments. He started his career as an AI Engineer at Samsung in South Korea where he developed AI Mode and GoodSleep mode for Samsung Air Conditioners. We talked about: Nth order thinking Non-linear PM skills Insights and challenges when building for the top 1% Validating/invalidating ideas His...

The following is a conversation with Ananya Vats, a Product Manager at Google currently working on Google Maps experiences. She has previously worked on Storefront Search and Recommendations at Swiggy and started her career at Microsoft working on Microsoft Search, Assistance, and Intelligence. We talked about high-level details of a PM’s job, how to look for unexpressed user needs, second-order e...

The following is a conversation with Eric Wollberg, who is the Co-Founder & CEO of PropheticAI, a firm that allows you to lucid dream at will. We discuss his background and how he arrived at the idea, the differences and similarities with the movie Inception, the second-order effects if this concept gets widely adopted, and what he looks for in potential candidates when hiring.

Can Large Language Models (LLMs) model concepts? If so, how limited are our concepts about the world? The following is a conversation with Abhay Venkatesh, who has been working as an engineer at Anduril, a defense technology company based out of Southern California, for the last four and a half years. Currently, he is helping build a new team within the company focused on deploying LLMs in defense...

Visakan Veerasamy, famously known as Visa on Twitter, is a writer who has authored two books: "Friendly Ambitious Nerds (FAN)" and "Introspect." He enjoys engaging in conversations with people and has made appearances on various podcasts. We discussed writing, how to improve at it, and the significance of having great taste. Currently, Visa is actively working on a series of es...

Brian is a versatile creator with a design, podcasting, and software background. He's currently developing Campsite, a collaborative tool for teams. Previously, he designed mobile apps at GitHub and co-founded Spectrum, acquired by GitHub. He also worked on payment experiences at Facebook and co-hosts the Design Details Podcast. He's a co-founder of Spec.fm, a podcast network for designers...