Addition with Addy Snowden

Hi friends,

I am back with another edition of Addition! You can watch on YouTube here:

Typically I would timestamp but this episode is a MUST LISTEN all the way through!

Jonaed Iqbal, founder of NoDegree.com and OG LinkedIn megainfluencer drops some serious gems on how to navigate the career search in 2024 - whether you have a degree or not.

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Show notes:

* Jonaed’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonaed/

* NoDegree.com: https://nodegree.com/

* Jonaed’s TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nodegree

Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all other platforms!

Thanks again for all of your support!

Cheers,

Addy

Hi friends,

I am back with another edition of Addition! You can watch on YouTube here:

Show notes:

00:00 Welcome and intro

00:20 Like, share, subscribe!

* Substack

* TikTok: https://TikTok.com/@AdditionWithAddy

* Addition Twitter: https://Twitter.com/AdditionPod/

* Addy’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/addyadewusi

* Instagram: https://Instagram.com/additionwithaddy

* YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCbcmOwRfAHJB6zL_mTLc9j

* Email: [email protected]

00:51 Call for sponsors

01:18 Hot topics in tech

01:20 Microsoft / CrowdStrike outage

* Article: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jul/24/crowdstrike-outage-companies-cost

04:22 Is this related to Microsoft cutting DEI programs and staff?

05:33 Nara Smith and Addy’s predictions on social media copyright

* Article: https://www.bet.com/article/ambzdv/nara-smith-threatens-to-sue-ticktoker-for-defamation-of-character

* Article: https://www.themarysue.com/nara-smith-marc-jacobs-controversy-explained/

17:52 Career segment: Deep dive on conscious leadership commitment 5: Eliminating gossip

11:04 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership

* Summary: https://conscious.is/15-commitments

* Book: https://www.amazon.com/15-Commitments-Conscious-Leadership-Sustainable/dp/0990976904

15:13 What I am geeked out about this week

Mac Studio: https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/mac-studio

Not My Problem:

Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all other platforms!

Thanks again for all of your support!

Cheers,

Addy

Hi friends,

I am back with another edition of Addition! You can watch on YouTube here:

Show notes:

00:00 Welcome and intro

00:22 Like, share, subscribe!

* Substack

* TikTok: https://TikTok.com/@AdditionWithAddy

* Addition Twitter: https://Twitter.com/AdditionPod/

* Addy’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/addyadewusi

* Instagram: https://Instagram.com/additionwithaddy

* YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCbcmOwRfAHJB6zL_mTLc9j

* Email: [email protected]

00:51 Call for sponsors

01:09 Hot topics in tech

Why Women are Disappearing in Tech (The Information) : https://www.theinformation.com/articles/why-women-are-disappearing-from-tech

02:37 Addy’s financial principles and practices

* The Dave Ramsey YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRamseyShow

* The Millionaire Next Door: https://www.amazon.com/Millionaire-Next-Door-Surprising-Americas/dp/1589795474

17:52 Career segment: Deep dive on conscious leadership commitment 4: Speak candidly

15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership

* Summary: https://conscious.is/15-commitments

* Book: https://www.amazon.com/15-Commitments-Conscious-Leadership-Sustainable/dp/0990976904

19:55 What I am geeked out about this week

Mac Studio: https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/mac-studio

Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all other platforms!

Thanks again for all of your support!

Cheers,

Addy

Hi friends,

I am back with another edition of Addition! You can watch on YouTube here:

Show notes:

00:00 Welcome and intro

00:20 Like, share, subscribe!

* Substack

* TikTok: https://TikTok.com/@AdditionWithAddy

* Addition Twitter: https://Twitter.com/AdditionPod/

* Addy’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/addyadewusi

* Instagram: https://Instagram.com/additionwithaddy

* YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCbcmOwRfAHJB6zL_mTLc9j

* Email: [email protected]

00:54 Hot topics in tech

00:58 Thrive AI Health

* Sam Altman and Arianna Huffington announce Thrive AI Health, a new startup backed by OpenAI and Thrive Global to build a “hyper-personalized AI health coach”

* https://time.com/6994739/ai-behavior-change-health-care/

03:00 CEO DeCarlos Love

OpenAI And Thrive’s New Health Startup Taps Ex-Googler DeCarlos Love As CEO:

* https://peopleofcolorintech.com/articles/openai-and-thrives-new-health-startup-taps-ex-googler-decarlos-love-as-ceo/

04:13 Why Thrive AI Health is controversial

05:11 Women in Tech-xodus

05:26 Girls in Tech shutdown

* https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/bizwomen/news/latest-news/2024/07/girls-in-tech-shut-down-adriana-gascoigne.html#:~:text=Girls%20in%20Tech%20Inc.%20is,Francisco%20to%20Nashville%20in%202022

06:37 Women Who Code shuts down

* https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/the-end-of-an-era-women-who-code-closing

07:47 Sheryl Sandberg steps down from Meta board

* https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/17/tech/sheryl-sandberg-leaving-meta-board/index.html

09:16 Addy’s thoughts on the Women in tech-xodus

10:27 Intuit plans to cut 10% of its global workforce, or ~1,800 employees, and rehire the same number, primarily in its engineering, product, and sales divisions

* https://www.intuit.com/blog/news-social/investing-in-our-future/

13:24 Career segment: Deep dive on conscious leadership commitment 3: Feeling all feelings

15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership

* Summary: https://conscious.is/15-commitments

* Book: https://www.amazon.com/15-Commitments-Conscious-Leadership-Sustainable/dp/0990976904

15:49 What I am geeked out about this week

15:55 Erewhon

* https://erewhon.com/

16:50 Modern Marketer Podcast

* https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNBdIP33wJ3oDbS5EmI4lxwKt65DYL46T

Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all other platforms!

Thanks again for all of your support!

Cheers,

Addy

Hi friends!

I am back with another edition of Addition! You can watch on YouTube here:

Show notes:

00:00 Welcome and intro

00:21 Like, share, subscribe!

* Substack

* TikTok: https://TikTok.com/@AdditionWithAddy

* Addition Twitter: https://Twitter.com/AdditionPod/

* Addy’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/addyadewusi

* Instagram: https://Instagram.com/additionwithaddy

* YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCbcmOwRfAHJB6zL_mTLc9j

* Email: [email protected]

01:10 Hot topics in tech:

* Wired: Perplexity Plagiarized Our Story About How Perplexity Is a [bleep] Machine

* ABC News: Amazon is reviewing whether Perplexity AI improperly scraped online content

* Perplexity.ai

04:22 What is Robots.txt?

05:52 Career segment: Deep dive on conscious leadership commitment 2: Learning through curiosity

15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership

* Summary: https://conscious.is/15-commitments

* Book: https://www.amazon.com/15-Commitments-Conscious-Leadership-Sustainable/dp/0990976904

11:11 Stop using education as procrastination!

12:33: The importance of personal branding

14:23 What I am geeked out about this week

Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all other platforms!

Thanks again for all of your support!

Cheers,

Addy

Hi friends,

I’m back with another edition of Addition! You can watch on YouTube here:

Show notes:

00:00 Welcome and intro

00:21 Like, share, subscribe!

* Substack

* TikTok: https://TikTok.com/@AdditionWithAddy

* Addition Twitter: https://Twitter.com/AdditionPod/

* Addy’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/addyadewusi

* Instagram: https://Instagram.com/additionwithaddy

* YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCbcmOwRfAHJB6zL_mTLc9j

* Email: [email protected]

01:25 Hot topics in tech:

* Nearly half of Dell’s full-time workforce in the U.S. has rejected returning to the office. They’d rather work from home than get promoted

05:30 Awkward pause - don’t judge me lol

06:21 Career segment: Deep dive on conscious leadership commitment 1:taking radical responsibility

06:46 Taking radical responsibility

14:05 What I am geeked out about this week

Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all other platforms!

Thanks again for all of your support!

Cheers,

Addy

Hi friends,

I’m back with another edition of Addition! You can watch on YouTube here:

Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all other platforms!

Show notes:

00:00 Intro and welcome

00:21 Like, share, subscribe, follow

* Substack

* TikTok: https://TikTok.com/@AdditionWithAddy

* Addition Twitter: https://Twitter.com/AdditionPod/

* Addy’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/addyadewusi

* Instagram: https://Instagram.com/additionwithaddy

* YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCbcmOwRfAHJB6zL_mTLc9j

* Email: [email protected]

00:57 Addy’s back!

01:15 Crypto markets

02:15 Stock markets

02:44 Addy’s thoughts on the markets

03:00 Hot topics in tech disclaimer

03:22 Addy’s artificial intelligence (AI) journey:

* Stuff mentioned:

* OpenAI: https://openai.com/

* My First Million: https://www.mfmpod.com/

* Replika: https://help.replika.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001070951-What-is-Replika

* ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/

* Imagen: https://deepmind.google/technologies/imagen-2/

* Vertex AI: https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai

* Gemini: https://gemini.google.com/

12:58 Why you shouldn’t “sleep on” AI

14:48 Career segment: 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership

* Summary: https://conscious.is/15-commitments

* Book: https://www.amazon.com/15-Commitments-Conscious-Leadership-Sustainable/dp/0990976904

20:51 What Addy is geeked out about this week

Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all other platforms!

Thanks again for all of your support!

Cheers,

Addy

Hi friends,

I’m back with another edition of Addition! You can watch on YouTube here:

E66 Tech enters the “Elon Era”: Twitter, mass layoffs, return to office, Meta + Addy’s engaged!

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Show notes:

00:00 Intro and welcome

00:20 Like, share, subscribe, follow

Substack

TikTok: https://TikTok.com/@AdditionWithAddy

Addition Twitter: https://Twitter.com/AdditionPod/

Addy’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/addyadewusi

Instagram: https://Instagram.com/additionwithaddy

YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCbcmOwRfAHJB6zL_mTLc9j

Email: [email protected]

01:12 Crypto markets

01:38 Stock markets

01:58 Addy’s thoughts on the markets

XY Planning network:

https://www.xyplanningnetwork.com/

02:57 Elon x Twitter updates

Article:

Elon enters Twitter HQ with a sink:

All-In podcast episode 103 on Apple Podcasts

YouTube:

08:12 Potential Meta Layoffs

Article: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/06/meta-could-begin-large-scale-layoffs-this-week-report-says.html?&qsearchterm=meta%20layoffs

Article: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/07/meta-shares-up-on-report-its-set-to-begin-mass-layoffs.html?&qsearchterm=meta%20layoffs

Layoffs.fyi layoff tracker:

http://layoffs.fyi

10:44 Career segment: creating your own job security part 2 + stock-based compensation

18:36 What Addy is geeked out about:

Addy’s getting married!

Addition E4 on choosing a supportive spouse:

Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and all other platforms!

Thanks again for all of your support!

Cheers,

Addy

Hi friends,

I’m back with another edition of Addition!

You can watch on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/RvpuPpFg8Bc

Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and all other platforms!

Show notes:

00:00 Intro and welcome

00:20 Like, share, subscribe, follow

Substack:

TikTok: https://TikTok.com/@AdditionWithAddy

Addition Twitter: https://Twitter.com/AdditionPod/

Addy’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/addyadewusi

Instagram: https://Instagram.com/additionwithaddy

YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCbcmOwRfAHJB6zL_mTLc9j

Email: [email protected]

01:20 Crypto markets

01:45 Stock markets

02:13 Elon Musk x Twitter

Article: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/29/the-elon-musk-twitter-trial-will-start-october-17.html

03:26 California salary ranges

Article: https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/newsom-pay-transparency

05:43 Lyft hiring freeze

Article: https://nypost.com/2022/09/27/lyft-freezes-all-us-hiring-amid-stock-slump-economic-downturn/

06:58 Docusign layoff

Article: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/28/docusign-to-cut-workforce-by-9percent-as-part-of-restructuring-plan.html

07:43 Career segment: Resume 101

The First 90 Days

Summary: https://readingraphics.com/book-summary-the-first-90-days/

Book: https://www.amazon.com/First-90-Days-Strategies-Expanded/dp/1422188612/

15:07 What Addy is geeked out about: Travel

Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and all other platforms!

Thank for all of your support!

Cheers,

Addy

Hi friends,

I’m back with another edition of Addition! You can watch on YouTube here:

Show notes:

00:00 Intro and welcome

00:19 Like, share, subscribe, follow

TikTok: https://TikTok.com/@AdditionWithAddy

Addition Twitter: https://Twitter.com/AdditionPod/

Addy’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/addyadewusi

Instagram: https://Instagram.com/additionwithaddy

YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCbcmOwRfAHJB6zL_mTLc9j

Email: [email protected]

01:01 Crypto markets

Ethereum merge on Coindesk: https://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-merge

03:43 Stock markets

05:04 Adobe buys Figma

Article: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/15/figma-investors-score-historic-coup-with-adobe-deal-in-down-year-.html?&qsearchterm=adobe%20buys%20figma

Addition E56 on salary negotiation:

07:58 Doodles raise $54 million

Article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/mariagraciasantillanalinares/2022/09/13/reddits-ohanian-leads-54-million-doodles-capital-raise/?sh=10d478283bf3

11:07 Twilio to lay off 11% of workforce

Article: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/14/twilio-to-lay-of-11percent-of-workforce.html

Tweet on Twilio severance package by Gergely Orosz

15:19 Career segment: Setting goals for performance reviews

The First 90 Days

Summary: https://readingraphics.com/book-summary-the-first-90-days/

Book: https://www.amazon.com/First-90-Days-Strategies-Expanded/dp/1422188612/

19:28 What Addy is geeked out about:

Fantasy Football update

Thanks again for all of your support!

Cheers,

Addy