Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth
00:53:05 · Lenny Rachitsky, Tulsee Doshi
[00:53:05] S1: I love the spectrum of recommendations in this. OK, favorite recent movie or TV show you really enjoyed? [00:53:11] S0: You know, actually, this was a really hard question because I've watched a lot of bad movies and TV shows recently, which is unfortunate, actually, that I would not recommend. So there's that. But I did really enjoy Severance on Apple TV. Incredibly well done, both like stylistically and content wise. So that's probably top of the list. [00:53:33] S1: Favorite AI product right now other than Gemini? [00:53:37] S0: Wispr Flow. I don't know if you're using it, but I have wrist problems. So I have trouble like typing for long stretches. And so Wispr Flow has been game changing for me, actually. [00:53:49] S1: Awesome. You get a year free of Wispr Flow if you become a subscriber of Lenny's Newsletter. Plug, plug, plug. Oh, I like this. There you go. Organic recommendations. I'm here for you. I also love. There we go. No, I love Wispr Flow. Use it all the time. Press function, just start talking and it's just magically transcribes everything. [00:54:04] S0: Yep. [00:54:05] S1: Amazing. Do you have a favorite life motto that you often come back to in work or in life?
00:54:05 · Lenny Rachitsky, Tulsee Doshi
[00:54:05] S1: Amazing. Do you have a favorite life motto that you often come back to in work or in life? [00:54:11] S0: Two that are different, I guess. One is maybe more cliche, which is, you know, everything happens for a reason. I think that's like actually just a big life motto for me personally, which is like, you know, you can work hard, you will do your best, but sometimes a door will close and another window will open and like you're in a position because that is meant to be there. I think related to that, though, I think I love often talking to folks that I talk to about, like seek serendipity. I think that's actually relates to the first one, but you should always try to put yourself in a position where you have the ability to get lucky. And doing that is about like finding yourself in positions where you're challenging yourself, where you're putting yourself out of your comfort zone, where you're trying something new. Those are always places where you are more likely to get lucky. [00:54:58] S1: Fun fact, I gave a TEDx talk called Losing Serendipity. Maybe 15 years ago at this point. [00:55:04] S0: So we're trying to lose serendipity or find it? [00:55:06] S1: It was about how we are losing it and that is sad and that we need more serendipity in our life. [00:55:11] S0: So I'm a big fan of serendipity. [00:55:13] S1: Such a great word. Also, the movie is pretty good. [00:55:16] S0: I haven't seen it. [00:55:17] S1: It's like a rom-com.
00:55:17 · Lenny Rachitsky, Tulsee Doshi
[00:55:17] S1: It's like a rom-com. [00:55:20] S0: But that's how I looked at my whole career so far and I think how I'll continue to. And actually, it's fun because even with using these AI tools, I think that's another thing that I, yeah. [00:55:31] S1: So much serendipity with AI. Final question. One of your colleagues told me another fun fact about you, that you're a trained classical Indian dancer and you've directed cultural festivals for 10,000 plus people. [00:55:44] S0: I don't know how he knows that, but yeah, I probably told him that. Okay. [00:55:48] S1: And this person said that they may explain how you stay so calm amidst the chaos of frontier model development. I don't know, maybe share something about this dance, this dance part of your life.
00:55:48 · Lenny Rachitsky, Tulsee Doshi
[00:55:48] S1: And this person said that they may explain how you stay so calm amidst the chaos of frontier model development. I don't know, maybe share something about this dance, this dance part of your life. [00:55:58] S0: Yeah, I mean, I love dance. I think it's one of those rare moments where you really can't think about anything else. You have to focus on the movement and the music. And so for me, it's an opportunity for my brain to actually just have a different Direction of travel for a period of time. And so I love it. And I think for me also, it is a cultural connection point. Dance is how I've met some of my best friends. It's how I continue to engage socially with so many of my friends. I plan this festival. I've planned it for years in Portland, Oregon, which is where I'm from. It's called the India Cultural Festival. India Festival, it happens every August. And in fact, this was the first year I did not participate in the festival because I have a seven-month-old son. Congratulations. Thank you. So it was a little bit more distracted this year than normal. But I've been performing at that festival since I was three and then organizing it. And it's just been a big part of my life of how do you bring dance and culture and community together? [00:57:02] S1: Tulsee, you're so full of fun facts. I feel like there's much more. I don't even know that. I'm here for the fun facts. Final question. How can listeners be useful to you?
00:57:02 · Lenny Rachitsky, Tulsee Doshi
[00:57:02] S1: Tulsee, you're so full of fun facts. I feel like there's much more. I don't even know that. I'm here for the fun facts. Final question. How can listeners be useful to you? [00:57:14] S0: Wow. Great question. I mean, A, use Gemini. Argon. Use Argonne, but also use our smattering of products. Actually, I was talking about audio just now. If you are a Pixel user on Gboard, try using our Rambler feature. It's awesome. Typing on the phone is great. If you are using text-to-speech models, if you're using Dialog, if you're using our Omni models. So try them. Give us your feedback. We're constantly looking for it, whether you're giving that feedback Tulsee, that was awesome. You're awesome. Sharing feedback via, whether it's you're sending us a DM, whether you're posting it publicly. I think we want more people giving [00:58:00] S1: us the right feedback. Tulsee, that was awesome. You're awesome. [00:58:04] S0: Thank you so much for being here. No, thank you for having me. [00:58:06] S1: This was great. It was my pleasure. Bye everyone. Thank you very much for listening. If you found this valuable, you can subscribe to the show on...