📺 EP 76: skilled immigration in the US - H1bs, green cards, lotteries and caps and more w/
@deedydas
There are few issues
@aarthir
and I care more about than skilled immigration, certainly few that has impacted us more personally. We have always wanted to do an episode on this
What an evening!
@sriramk
and I are so grateful for all the support - people showed up from far and wide and it was so, so fun to hang out with everyone!
On this day 15 years ago, I packed my two suitcases and moved to the US (to Seattle). I’m so grateful for the opportunities this country has given me and
@sriramk
, and for being able to call this place our home now, and raise our kids here 🇺🇸
This might be controversial to say in 2021 but - if you work hard and put yourself out there, you increase your odds of finding success in your career. I sat down with
@shivanisberry
for this interview (thanks!), she was kind enough to distill my rambling into a short thread 👇
What exactly do successful ppl do to move up quickly in their careers?🤔
I got to chat w/
@aarthir
to learn how she did it. Her rockstar career includes hosting the hottest show in tech, leading intl at
@Clubhouse
& more.
Here are 5 strategies she used to build her career:🧵
Career update! After over a year, I’ve decided to leave Clubhouse - I’m so grateful for the opportunity to lead international product efforts and scale Clubhouse across the 🌎 and learn from the best coworkers in the industry.
Coming from India, I’m excited to bring a different perspective, and work with the small + mighty, exceptional team that
@pdavison
and
@rohanseth
have hired at Clubhouse. Let’s gooooo!
Career update! I joined
@CommerceHub
as Chief Product Officer. It is the world's largest B2B platform powering retailers worldwide. I was blown away by the scale of the platform + potential to move the needle for global ecommerce. More on our AI tech -
At the risk of sounding obnoxious, one thing I’ve learned after years of building product/startups is that there is really no substitute for learning by working with extraordinarily competent people.
So much that I would encourage people new in their careers to work with the
Back in 2018, 75-year-old Periyathambi, a farmer and former caterer by profession, started the 'Village Cooking Channel' on YouTube along with his grandchildren - Ayyanar, Murugesan, Tamilselvan, Muthumanickam, and Subramanian, in a remote village in Tamil Nadu. (1/4)
We are SO EXCITED to announce the
@Clubhouse
Creator First program in India! I think the diversity and creativity of ideas are going to blow us away. Details in the linked post below 👇
The shocking part is how the manifesto shocked and offended a bunch of people when
@pmarca
said “hey everyone, tech is awesome, let’s build more cool things”. I…did not expect this level of outrage.
THE TECHNO-OPTIMIST MANIFESTO part 1
“You live in a deranged age — more deranged than usual, because despite great scientific and technological advances, man has not the faintest idea of who he is or what he is doing.”
— Walker Percy
“Our species is 300,000 years old. For the
Big launch day for Communities products! Our teams have been working hard on these for the last few months, and it's awesome to see these rolled out for everyone -
As many of you know,
@sriramk
and I have been hosting The Good Time Show on Clubhouse (
@GoodTimeShowCH
) for the last 5 months, and I’ve become a big fan of the platform, especially its power to give people a voice. When the opportunity came up, it felt right.
FB will always be special and I’m forever grateful to have the opportunity to work on products serving creators and communities. From launching Stars to building Facebook Groups, it has been quite the ride.
Probably one of my favorite episodes to date on
@aarthisrirampod
. I loved the segment on “how to think for yourself” and his take on founder-market fit and perseverance.
👋🚨 By popular demand
@pmarca
came back on the show to talk to
@aarthir
and me.
- courage to be disliked
- on
@elonmusk
- what he does all day
- his Twitter blocks
- explaining his favorite books (and his tweetstorm)
He didn't hold back. 🙂
📺:
Happy Diwali/Deepavali to everyone celebrating!💥 🪔 This is the day I miss being in India the most, although we got our sweets/food game in order this year! cc
@sriramk
Wow, thank you everyone for the well wishes! It’s been incredible to see the responses - totally unexpected and I’m so blown away.
And to those asking,
@GoodTimeShowCH
is not going away -
@sriramk
and I will continue to host awesome guests and conversations as much as we can :)
Interview with the one and only
@vkhosla
is live on
@aarthisrirampod
- we talk about techno-optimism, Vinod's predictions for the future, AI doomerism, nuclear power and so much more. Easily one of
@sriramk
and my recent favorite episodes 👇
🚨 Since you’ve all been asking for a reliable way to get notified about upcoming
@GoodTimeShowCH
chats, we set up a text reminder - text 415-322-7800 and get notified on upcoming guests and timings.
No spam, we promise! cc
@sriramk
Tonight’s Clubhouse chat with
@sriramk
was really, really fun! We covered crypto news of the day, CIA rebranding, Windows refresh, 2021 resolutions and a lot more. Thanks so much
@avichal
for joining tonight, and thanks as always
@pmarca
,
@stevesi
,
@dwr
,
@garrytan
!
I’m going to take some time off to be funemployed for the first time in my career, continue to be an active angel investor and product advisor.
In the meantime, you’ll still see me on The Good Time Show (
@GoodTimeShowAS
) with
@sriramk
(fun episode coming up tonight!)
Love working with creators? I'm hiring a Community and Creator Manager with a focus on international markets at
@Clubhouse
- . This is an awesome, high-impact role, and we can't wait to work with the right person!
Getting ready to go live on
@GoodTimeShowAS
with
@sriramk
and chat with
@balajis
. Will probably go live by 9:50pm PST to warm up a bit 🏋🏾♂️. It’s going to be great!
Today, we are rolling out local language support for 13 languages including 5 Indian languages on
@Clubhouse
💥AND we are announcing our first ever global app icon from India -
@anirudh__music
💥💥💥 I’m incredibly excited for both of these - more at
Wow, I’ve been watching
@sriramk
talk to
@att
for the last 5 HOURS getting shuffled around from department to department trying to understand why his phone data plan stopped working. Will never underestimate the patience of this human.
Tonight, we have the prolific Carole Robin from Stanford GSB talking to us about her new book called Connect (launches tomorrow!), on building teams, leadership and coaching, along with
@justinkan
,
@_ImeArchibong
,
@stevesi
and
@sriramk
for a really fun chat!
Tonight!
@sriramk
and I are back at it and will cover what happened yesterday behind the scenes at Clubhouse when we interviewed Elon Musk with the awesome
@pdavison
and
@rohanseth
! And then we will cover
@stevesi
’s very special substack book “Hardcore Software” 💥 Join us!
This is an incredible panel with
@pmarca
,
@AriEmanuel
and
@sriramk
, even though I’m incredibly biased 🙂 Talking future of entertainment, tech, VR, original IP and TV, Kanye, Elon and Twitter of course.
In less than 2 days,
@thetanmay
’s interview on our YT channel is at 50k+ views, and continuing to crush every metric 🤯 - like someone said in the comments, Bot Army is an emotion. (cc
@sriramk
)
Tonight, we are covering CEO succession - the Amazon news, how to think about succession in tech and product, wartime vs peacetime CEO etc. with
@stevesi
. Then we will cover content creation on YouTube with
@garrytan
and
@sriramk
. Join us on
@joinClubhouse
!
Tonight we are super excited to cover all things remote work - what’s good, bad, ugly with going remote, zoom fatigue, tools to use, what will the new normal look like, and a lot, lot more. Join
@sriramk
,
@stevesi
,
@garrytan
,
@pmarca
,
@avichal
and me for a fun discussion!
For everyone asking about today’s
@aarthisrirampod
meet up in Chennai - we are going ahead with it! The rains will likely make traveling to the Freshworks office difficult, so please use your discretion, travel only if it is safe. If you received the email, see you at the event!
This is a fantastic episode if you want to deeply understand the structural issues of our education system, the incentives that get in the way of actual progress, and what can be actually done. Best 2 hours you’ll spend!
Thank you
@pdavison
@rohanseth
for holding down the fort for the second time this week, with record listeners. You all
@joinClubhouse
are the best. This was such a fun chat and we’ll do it again soon (
@sriramk
).
⏰ that was one AMAZING show. I first want to thank
@aarthir
and
@fidjissimo
for carrying so much of it. Fidji is one of my favorite people in tech and great to hear from her. Also
@boztank
for his candor, leadership advice and just being him.
Zuck's cameo was also fun!
Wow that
@joinClubhouse
episode was electric! Thank you everyone for all of your comments, feedback and advice on remote work - this was really fun for all of us! (
@sriramk
,
@stevesi
,
@pmarca
,
@garrytan
,
@avichal
). Keep your comments coming - would love to hear from you all!
This is so cool
@stevesi
! Hardcore Software is one of my favorite substacks () and now it’s a physical book! PS
@sriramk
I’m taking the Clippy stickers.
Tonight! We are covering $GME and all the crazy happenings around it, and then we have
@gregsilverman
as our very special guest to talk about all things at the intersection of Hollywood and technology. Join
@sriramk
,
@pmarca
,
@stevesi
and me for a fun chat on
@joinClubhouse
!
I find it legitimately strange that Zuckerberg makes himself the literal face of all these announcements … no other video game or big tech company puts the CEO front and center this much