About this episode
Sam Schillace is the CVP and Deputy CTO at Microsoft. Before Microsoft, Sam held prominent engineering roles at Google and Box. He has also founded six startups, including Writely, which was acquired by Google and became Google Docs.–In today’s episode, we discuss:
Sam’s advice for future engineers
What’s next for AI
How to develop technical taste
The importance of asking “what if” questions
Lessons on market timing
Scaling a software company in 2024
–Referenced:
Amazon: https://amazon.com
Box: https://www.box.com/
Elon Musk: https://twitter.com/elonmusk
Google Docs: https://docs.google.com
Itzhak Perlman: https://itzhakperlman.com/
Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com
Netflix: https://www.netflix.com
Tesla: https://www.tesla.com/
The Innovator’s Dilemma: https://www.amazon.com.au/Innovators-Dilemma-Clayton-M-Christensen/dp/0062060244
TurboTax: https://turbotax.intuit.com/
Uber: https://www.uber.com/
Walmart: https://www.walmart.com/
Workday: https://www.workday.com/
Writely: https://techcrunch.com/2005/08/31/writely-process-words-with-your-browser/
–Where to find Sam Schillace:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schillace/
Newsletter: https://sundaylettersfromsam.substack.com/
Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/sschillace
–Where to find Brett Berson:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brett-berson-9986094/
Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/brettberson
–Where to find First Round Capital:
Website: https://firstround.com/
First Round Review: https://review.firstround.com/
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