Ben Wolfson Podcast

By Ben Wolfson

Trying to find the optimal solution to life. This podcast includes discussions on technology, business, philosophy, self-improvement, and more. Ben Wolfson is a 25-year-old software engineer.... more

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December 07, 2024 Lessons from Silicon Valley: Inside the Mind of a YC Founder | Evis Drenova - Ben Wolfson Podcast #5
Evis Drenova is the CEO and Cofounder of Neosync, a YC-backed open source data anonymization and synthetic data platform.
In this episode we talk about stories from his career, what it's like to be a founder, getting into Y Combinator, and more.
Please like and subscribe if you like the video, more content coming soon!
Evis' Socials:
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@evisdrenova
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evisdrenova
X: https://X.com/evisdrenova
Ben's Socials:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benwolfson
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@benswolfson
X: https://X.com/benjwolfson
00:00 Teaser
0:38 Intro
1:02 How to get rich in Silicon Valley?
2:47 Evis' Path
4:43 MBAs and Intuition
8:40 Founder Mode vs. Manager Mode
13:30 Hardest part about being a Founder
19:02 Trust and Responsibility
25:21 Y Combinator
34:26 Lessons from Silicon Valley
37:51 Having a Wife and Running a Startup
43:42 Cryptocurrency
46:11 Finding alpha
49:00 Social media and dopamine detoxing
54:19 Podcasting
1:00:11 Time management
1:03:18 Startup Decisions and Intuition
1:08 Coding and AI
1:13:35 Exploration and finding meaning
1:17:20 Evis' Albanian Origins
1:20:23 Tech Bros
...more
1h 27min
December 01, 2024 Social Media, Startups, and Finding Life's Global Maxima | Baxate - Ben Wolfson Podcast #4
Had the chance to sit down with my good friend Carter Abdallah (Baxate) and catch up after a long hiatus.
Baxate has grown his social media platform to over 750,000 followers on Instagram and TikTok while juggling a full time job as a software engineer. One year ago his life changed forever when he quit his job in big tech to join Brev.dev as a founding engineer. The company was acquired by NVIDIA earlier this year.
In this episode we talk about how building a following on social media has changed our lives, the acquisition, and many more topics around tech, success, and life. We filmed this episode the day before his 25th birthday.
Carter's IG: https://www.instagram.com/baxate_carter
Carter's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@baxate_carter
Ben's IG: https://www.instagram.com/benswolfson
Ben TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@benswolfson
00:00 Teaser
00:38 Overview
1:20 What is it like being internet famous?
9:15 How Carter met his girlfriend
14:25 Should you build a personal brand? Product vs. Distribution
19:55 Social responsibility in making content
22:17 Carter's path to virality
27:45 How to go viral on social media
30:15 Why does Georgia Tech produce so many tech influencers?
33:49 Blind discussion (teamblind.com)
38:33 Carter's time in Big Tech and moving to SF
44:40 Software Engineering or Influencer?
48:18 Finding Life's Global Maxima
53:38 Carter's North Stars
58:07 Ambition and Dating
1:02:37 Dating apps
1:08:26 Life in Silicon Valley
1:14:46 Wealth drivers in the US and Internationally
1:17:57 Creativity, originality, and isolationism in content creation
1:23:49 How to provide value in making content
1:27:09 Carter's Acquisition and Joining NVIDIA
1:32:39 How Ben uses being an influencer at work at IG
1:34:25 Squashing the beef
...more
1h 42min
December 01, 2024 How Me and My Best Friend Cracked Big Tech in College | Rohan Banerjee - Ben Wolfson Podcast #3
Recently took a trip out to Seattle visit one of my best friends from college. In today's podcast we reflect on our journeys getting into BIg Tech, the formative moments in our friendship, and ultimately what drove us to succeed together at Georgia Tech.
Rohan Banerjee works as a Mechanical Engineer at Microsoft and previously interned at Tesla, Microsoft, and Panasonic. He graduated with a mechanical engineering degree from Georgia Tech, where we met during our freshman year.
I sincerely hope you enjoy the episode. Please leave any and all feedback in the comments! Much appreciated.
Rohan's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohan-banerjee1/
Ben's IG: https://www.instagram.com/benswolfson
Ben's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@benswolfson
Ben's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjwolfson/
00:00 Intro
1:30 Rohan's untraditional path to Tesla
8:55 How we became friends
18:08 Ben's indecision around computer science
23:00 How to find your path in college
30:49 Hardware vs. Software in Big Tech
40:04 Performing under pressure
41:58 Going to war for multivariable calculus
46:08 Don't back down mentality
51:17 Elon Musk stories from Rohan's time at Tesla
56:09 Ben's influencer lore
1:15:10 Achieving balance
1:17:44 The trap of trying to maximize income
1:25:05 Building quality friendships
1:37:44 Impact of skipping a grade during childhood
1:44:04 The importance of self-reflecting
1:50:10 What makes a great friendship
2:00:44 General advice on breaking into Big Tech
2:08:10 Closing remarks
...more
2h 10min
December 01, 2024 Jensen Huang's Nephew Created an AI Startup... PearAI | Nathan Ang - Ben Wolfson Podcast #2
Had the chance to interview the infamous Nathan Ang (Nang) during his last week in NYC, before he and his co-founder Duke Pan moved to San Francisco to join Y Combinator's Fall 2024 batch.
After launching PearAI on X, they faced immediate backlash from the open source community for a number of mishaps. Here's the original tweet that stirred up controversy: https://x.com/CodeFryingPan/status/1840203597478539477
You can check out PearAI here: https://trypear.ai/
This episode was filmed two weeks before any of the controversy happened, and I had no context of the specifics of the situation at that time. Their legal team asked for me to hold off on posting until things smoothed over.
I appreciate your patience and hope you enjoy this episode. More to come soon.
Nang's IG: https://www.instagram.com/not_nang
Nang's YT: https://www.youtube.com/@nang88
Ben's IG: https://www.instagram.com/benswolfson
Ben's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@benswolfson

00:00 Intro
0:10 Nang’s YouTube journey
2:12 Why Nang quit his job
6:19 Expectations Reset
11:18 What does PearAI do?
14:07 How Nang met Pan
16:42 Decision making process
18:11 Finding an idea
20:25 Why they pivoted
22:27 CMU
24:40 Work life balance
29:57 Importance of self care
31:40 Sacrifice
34:48 Social Meter
37:35 Innovation
40:30 Cursor?
45:48 When Nang learned to code
46:48 Big Tech or Startup?
48:30 Financial security
50:17 Game Plan
52:30 Jensen Huang
54:45 Personal advice
1:04:46 Nang Family Lore
...more
1h 15min
November 30, 2024 He Graduated Berkeley at 19 to Work at a Hedge Fund | Michael Khaykin - Ben Wolfson Podcast #1
Recently moved to NYC so figured it would be good to sit down with my friend Michael Khaykin and ask him some hard hitting questions. Check out his story of graduating Berkeley EECS at age 19 to go work for a hedge fund in NYC, his advice on how to break into tech, whether computer science is cooked, and more.

Michael's IG: https://www.instagram.com/michael.khaykin
Michael's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@michaelkhaykin
Ben's IG: https://www.instagram.com/benswolfson
Ben TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@benswolfson

00:00 Graduating Berkeley at age 19
2:14 How Michael landed an internship as a freshman
4:50 Leetcode discussion
9:45 Do coding languages matter?
13:30 Interviewing prep tips
20:00 What to do if you don't have a job
26:36 Is Computer Science cooked?
27:30 Doing research might get you an internship
30:40 The importance of making a connection with your professors
34:54 Life in San Francisco vs. NYC
41:10 Closing remarks
...more
42min

FAQs about Ben Wolfson Podcast:

How many episodes does Ben Wolfson Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 5 episodes available.