It was after ten days of walking in nature in silence on a meditation retreat and stepping into an area that was so pure and tender that it really felt like no person stepped there for a very long...
So, when we first started hiring people, I had the idea that really the only important thing was that I get the smartest person to hire for the job, and that actually turned out to be wrong because in...
In my case it's a little bit different because I think, probably, my parenting experience associated with my work experience becomes probably one of the leading elements of my life. Trying to...
Who do you look up to? I definitely look up to people who are being very good mentors in my career, in different companies, in previous experiences. So, today, like I did in the past, always people...
Actually, and this goes back to, you know, questions I ask people in interviews, the ability to think critically is a skill that translates to every single job, so I always look at that. If somebody...
I always had the idea that I wanted to work for a company maybe in the financial world. Maybe I was somehow biased and affected by movies like "Wall Street." So, I grew up in Italy...
I would like to think of it as a social programmer. I think society is going to be a lot more technological. We're going to have augmented reality interfaces. We're going to have...
What's the worst job you've ever had? I have not had very many bad jobs in my life. I've always done things that I was interested in. All the jobs have had awful moments. The...
What careers did you imagine for yourself when you were in grad school? When I was little, my mom said, "John K!" (My dad was Big John, I was John K.) "You'll make a...
What advice would you give to your 16-year-old self? It is hugely helpful to love what you do and to do something that you're interested enough in that you can keep doing it forever and not...