Kelsey Hightower: You have to put in the work.. Forever

In this episode Gerald and Cory sit down with Kelsey Hightower who retired at 40 from his job as Distinguished Engineer at Google. 00:50 - Intro 01:49 - Discussion begins. 06:54 - Tech Language vs Natural Language 11:02 - Origin of Confidence 15:25 - Kelsey's Mother and Stepfather 23:04 - Tech Layoffs 28:03 - Skill Acquisition Pattern 30:23 - Separating yourself from the crowd 55:10 - AI: What it is, isn't, and could be. 01:29:45 - How do you retire early? Tech Lottery Tickets 01:32:59 - Kelsey's Career 01:46:33 - Compensation Negotiation at Startups, Google, Microsoft Follow Kelsey: X - https://twitter.com/kelseyhightower Github - https://github.com/kelseyhightower