💼 Feeling stuck under a manager who doesn’t meet your expectations? You’re not alone. This week on Lost in Tech, Mamuna Oladipo and Lola Oyelayo-Pearson break down how to navigate a boss who isn’t the mentor you hoped for—and whether you should look elsewhere or learn to manage up.

📌 Inside This Episode:
🔹 The AI Pause Debate: Breaking down the Open Letter calling for a 6-month halt on AI development and what’s really behind it.
🔹 Listener Dilemma: "My boss isn’t technical, and I don’t think I can grow under them." We discuss:

• Why leadership is more than technical ability.
• Managing up and articulating what you need from your manager.
• How to find mentorship outside of your direct lead without burning bridges.
  🔹 What we’re learning:
• Lola explores the future of money, digital currencies, and payment evolution.
• Mamuna dives into the outdated home-buying process and why no one is incentivized to fix it.
• Michael shares insights on AI prompt engineering.

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Show notes:

• Open Letter to Pause AI - https://futureoflife.org/open-letter/pause-giant-ai-experiments/
• Timnit Gebru - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timnit_Gebru
• India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Payments_Interface