Philip Su grew quickly to a Distinguished Engineer at Facebook and OpenAI. We talked about the psychology behind peaking in a tech career and the pressure at the highest levels.
• My ergonomic keyboard project I mentioned, you can follow along here: https://read.compose.llc/ • The Kickstarter page for it: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ryanlpeterman/compose-simple-ergonomics-beautifully-done
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro (00:37) Growth past IC9 (05:39) Motivation changes over his career (11:36) Asking to not be promoted (17:33) What made it hard to sustain IC9 performance (22:22) What motivated him outside of promos (26:21) Is career advice useless (29:34) Motivation after you've hit FIRE (36:08) Meaning and fulfillment (38:17) Top book recommendation (40:14) What he would change (43:24) Outro
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