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@colbay is a designer and multidisciplinary artist. She is currently the founding designer at Braintrust, a new enterprise-grade stack for building AI products.

We talked about impostor syndrome, the early days of Twitter Design, her experience helping early-stage startups at Sequoia, and what she looks forward to in her new role.

@nathanasharp and @ryanolsonk are the co-founders of @retrodotapp, “a friends-only photo journal for moments big and small.”

We talked about the origin story of how they met, how they ended up founding their startup together, how they look at the social media landscape, and what they hope to achieve with their company and product.

@beh_zod is a researcher, consultant, and advisor who focuses on helping organizations and teams make better decisions.

We talked about his career path from being a TA to his formative roles at Facebook and Slack, and how he’s evolved his consulting practice to support leaders at companies of all sizes. At the end, he shared some of his thoughts on how AI can support the research practice.

@littlefatboyfrankie is a former digital product designer turned food writer and photographer.

He’s the author of First Generation: Recipes from My Taiwanese American Home and founder of the food blog Little Fat Boy.

We talked about his path, from studying industrial design to unexpectedly landing a job as a digital product designer, and from there taking a side quest to leave tech and fully focus on food.

@alexcornell and @gk3 are two very talented designers with very complementary skillsets whose paths intersected at Facebook; Alex is a master in problem solving through storytelling, and George has become one of the best prototypers you can find.

We sat down to talk about design, careers, technology, metrics, how much George hates holdouts, and all the things.

@anniefrylady studied architecture, and after a few years as a practitioner pivoted to tackle the laws that govern our built environment, and the systems that shape it.

Most notably, she was a policy staffer for California State Senator @scott_wiener during his first term in office where she was responsible for some of the biggest state housing bills in recent times.

She shared her reflections on her career so far, and her perspectives on housing and politics in California.

@rachellee____ is a designer and creative who currently works on the ride-hailing experience at Cruise.

We discussed her path from double majoring in Psychology and Sociology to hustling her way into a design career. We covered her experience as a first-generation immigrant and how she deals with her ambition, and the expectations she puts on herself.

@gteehan is a designer, design leader and was one of the founders and partners at @teehanlax.

We talked about his early career, got a glimpse into the founding of Teehan+Lax, and the rationale behind entertaining an acquisition. We spoke about design leadership and the lessons he learned while leading various teams at Facebook, and we sprinkled in many small tangents.

For over a decade, @superbryntendo and @sarahberus have been entrepreneurs and in creative or operating roles. However, the place where they truly feel at home is around food and building community.

In this conversation we talk about their paths, and we get a candid, personal account of the challenges they’ve faced. We end by learning more about how things are going with their latest endeavor: @cultflav

Michelle and @madelinw have enjoyed a long creative friendship.

They overlapped at various different companies and collaborated on an equal amount of creative ventures.

In this conversation, we talked about their creative connection, we shared our thoughts on strong collaborative relationships and remote work, and we got to hear some interesting stories from their times at Square, Facebook and Dropbox.

Episode 24 features @fictivecameron.

Cameron has been an inspiration to me ever since I first saw him take the stage during the second instance of Brooklyn Beta. He is thoughtful, yet candid. And he loves a good rant.

In this episode, we talked about Brooklyn Beta and Kinference, the many creative endeavors he's done in between, and his perspective about the tech industry, and the importance of our current moment in the history of tech.

I first met @its.mayagold during an interview at Facebook HQ many moons ago.

Since, she's been a trailblazer at various companies, both with the work she's done and the inclusion she brings to her practice and presence.