Minna Wang

I read, write, and look at numbers all day 📊 | 💰 Finance @ Jasper AI

[BookwormAI @bookwormAIapp]

Image of the Day from 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets' -- Chapter 11 — Luminous Ghibli Fantasy curated style

#Bookworm #BookIllustrations #DigitalArt

[Geoff Charles @geoffintech]

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[Minna Wang @minnatwang]

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[Minna Wang @minnatwang]

Reviving my mini-series of restaurant reviews-as-short stories.

First up, a restaurant we had dinner at nearly one year ago:

https://t.co/VzwZHNzdXf

[Minna Wang @minnatwang]

@marketplunger1 - Red Rising
- The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

[Minna Wang @minnatwang]

"If you don’t understand the tax implications of the deal, you don’t understand the deal."

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@KickstartFund @T_Potz @Soffeal @katkennedyVC @VCDalton @gavin_kickstart Congrats, @T_Potz !!

[Aleksandr Volodarsky @volodarik]

I read an HN thread where Nvidia employees reveal how Jensen Huang runs the company.

Here's the tl;dr:

1. While Jensen doesn't do 1:1s, he has placed managers at different organizational levels who do 1:1s with their subordinates.

For example, an org2 manager hosts regular 1:1s with their org3 colleagues.

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2. Each org has a top 5 list (things people are working on) to which employees send weekly updates. Jensen samples from these mailing lists and reads them every morning.

By reading the employees’ priorities, he understands if their actions align with the company’s goal.

The best part? Everyone in the org can read them. One can also subscribe to other org's mailing lists.

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3. Jensen conducts regular group meetings. The goal is to have a ground truth of what’s happening in the company and ensure everyone has that context.

One employee shared, "I was only a couple of months into working at the company before I got to have a face-to-face discussion with him about a project I was working on.

Many mid-level engineers (IC4-IC5) give him deep dives in these group meetings.

It can be very stressful being under Jensen's microscope, but it dramatically reduces the "let's show pretty slides to the CEO to show him everything is good" BS."

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4. Jensen changes course quickly when presented with opposing facts.

He once asked his employees to quit working on a project they spent months on. Why?

CES, a competitor, developed the same product that would have taken Nvidia another two years to launch theirs.

He announced the decision in a meeting, saying, “Every morning when I wake up, I look in the mirror and check if the core assumptions on which I based my decisions are still valid. If not, I make the change immediately."

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5. Nvidia doesn’t have 1-year or 5-year plans.

But “what folks work on are much longer-term visions. Everyone has/owns their own ideas and plans for how an area, product/service, or project should grow into, and they communicate those.

The company adapts well to changing circumstances and market needs, but it’s strategic and thoughtful - once it goes after something, it rarely backs off.

And, usually, NVIDIA is going after things others actively avoid because the problems in those spaces are too difficult.

The consequence of such problem sets are visions that, if not more, 10-20 year undertakings that everyone chips away at bit by bit until one fine day things start taking solid shape.”

My personal favourite are #2 and #4. The ability to laser-focus and change course quickly in such a large org is a superpower.

[OnlyCFO @OnlyCFO]

Interpreting CFO speak can be confusing.

Let me help translate:

“We have to balance growth and profitability” = find someone to fire

"If there is extra budget" = No

"Maybe next quarter" = Also no

“AI can unlock efficiency” = you are being replaced by AI

“Macro uncertainty” = forecast is definitely wrong

"2021 was an unusual time" = Stop asking for raises and promotions. You are still paid way too much

"We will grow into our valuation" = we are probably going out of business

"Economic headwinds" = Layoffs are coming

"Based on complex accounting rules…" = I want to end this conversation

"There are smart people everywhere" = Let’s offshore this for 20% of the cost

Follow me for more tips and tricks!

[Alex Graveley @alexgraveley]

First to ship generative UI - Perplexity under @AravSrinivas continues to predict the future of search, and ship it 🙇🏻

[The All-In Podcast @theallinpod]

2,851 Miles by @bgurley from the @allinsummit

now available in full on @x

(0:00) 2,851 Miles
(24:44) In conversation with @bgurley

[Chris Frantz @frantzfries]

Worth watching this whole video, pretty wild showcase of real world generative video.

Carvana created 1.3 million hyper-personalized videos.

Script, voice *and* video personalized to the specific user and their vehicle.

[Barsee 🐶 @heyBarsee]

1. @Adobe has now integrated generative AI functionalities into Photoshop! 🎨

It can create, add to, remove, or replace images right in Photoshop with simple text prompts.

[Minna Wang @minnatwang]

Been playing with @heypi_ai as a journaling/CBT tool and it's awesome. It does go a little off track sometimes, but hey, who doesn't? Big fan of the super clean UI.

[Inflection AI @inflectionAI]

Today we are announcing the release of the first version of @heypi_ai, your personal AI.

Pi stands for “personal intelligence” because it provides infinite knowledge based on your unique needs.

Talk with Pi today at https://t.co/uD0fyCaWGe or by texting [phone].

[The Rundown AI @TheRundownAI]

3. Quiz yourself:

Prompt: "Give me a short quiz that teaches me [what you want to learn]"

[Minna Wang @minnatwang]

Improving generative #AI means 1)⬇️time spent prompting the AI, and 2)⬇️time spent editing generated content.

For #1, we've seen prompt databases, then AutoGPT. (At Jasper, we also have a prompt improver.)
For #2, there's Jasper Brand Voice.

https://t.co/ANWYCLl6Rq

[Nathan Lands @NathanLands]

@blader @frankc Auto-GPT for market research

[Nathan Lands @NathanLands]

@blader @frankc Auto-GPT for Podcast Research

[Mckay Wrigley @mckaywrigley]

Trying to learn a new programming language?

This AI code translator can help!

Input code in one language and GPT-3.5/4 will translate it to the target language.

Try it: https://t.co/5gTbVvIsZg
GitHub: https://t.co/Q6DEkHMpxm

[Minna Wang @minnatwang]

Metrics LinkedIn uses for the Eng dept:

- Developer Build Time
- Code Reviewer Response Time
- Post-Commit CI Speed
- Deployment Success Rate
- Net User Satisfaction (NSAT) (with systems and platforms LinkedIn eng org uses) https://t.co/lQtyom3Vqf