Max Schoenig

Max Schoening (00:00:00): Before, it was very easy to always say, "Well, I will never be able to do this because insert skill issue." We're realizing that even if you have the skills at your fingertips, the thing that matters is agency. I don't think agency is very evenly distributed in the world. Lenny Rachitsky (00:00:14): Do you have a piece of advice for someone that wants to develop this within themselves? Max Schoening (00:00:19): I tell this to myself, "Hey, do you drive notion like it's stolen?...

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7253 --- Max Schoening (00:00:00): Before, it was very easy to always say, "Well, I will never be able to do this because insert skill issue." We're realizing that even if you have the skills at...

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AI impacts how we build and how we use software. Max Schoening (00:01:57): Thank you for having me. Lenny Rachitsky (00:01:58): I am so excited to have you here. I feel like there's this quote I...

Accepts praise without shrinking from it or turning it into a performance.

Lenny Rachitsky (00:13:53): Something you mentioned earlier, which I love, this idea of just rethinking what is this role of engineering, what should it be if we didn't have...

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realizing that even if you have the skills at your fingertips because now, I don't know, an AGI adjacent model helps you. The thing that matters is agency, and I don't think agency is very evenly...

Uses we/us, uncertainty, or learner framing instead of performing authority.

Lenny Rachitsky (01:26:53): What a beautiful way to end it. Max, thank you so much for being here. Max Schoening (01:26:56): Thank you for having me. Lenny Rachitsky (01:26:58): Bye...

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