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Michael Paulson

03/23/25

@ Lex Fridman

I had to take a leap of faith moving to California to work at Netflix while my wife was pregnant. It was a challenging but rewarding experience.

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ThePrimeagen: Programming, AI, ADHD, Productivity, Addiction, and God | Lex Fridman Podcast #461

@ Lex Fridman

ThePrimeagen: Programming, AI, ADHD, Productivity, Addiction, and God | Lex Fridman Podcast #461

03/23/25

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Reed Hastings

06/10/25

@ The Knowledge Project Podcast

During my 25 years at Netflix, the company was the dominant non-family aspect of my life, but now I have a more varied focus, including charter schools and philanthropic projects.

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Ben Silbermann

11/09/16

@ Y Combinator

I eventually moved to California to work at Google, where I was in online sales and operations, while continuing to explore side projects.

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Michael Paulson

03/23/25

@ Lex Fridman

When I started at Netflix, I had to learn how to work with their technology stack, which included Groovy, a language that many engineers were unfamiliar with.

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Apoorva Mehta

06/20/14

@ Y Combinator

After quitting my job at Amazon, I moved to San Francisco where I found a co-founder and began working on various startup ideas without being picky about the market.

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Elad Gil

10/18/18

@ Y Combinator

I moved to Silicon Valley right after graduate school, not knowing anyone, and faced terrible market timing as the internet bubble was collapsing.

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Gaurav Misra

05/02/25

@ EO

I dropped out of my PhD program in machine learning to join a startup, which was a high-risk decision that ultimately paid off.

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Paul Buchheit

10/25/18

@ Y Combinator

I took a job at Intel with the hope of finding startups in California, but it wasn't a job I looked forward to doing year after year.

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Jay Rosenkrantz

12/07/20

@ Y Combinator

When COVID-19 hit, we adapted by transitioning to remote work, which unexpectedly allowed us to collaborate with talent from around the world, not just those in the Los Angeles area.

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Jarvis Johnson

05/01/19

@ Y Combinator

Interning at Google as a sophomore opened my eyes to the tech industry, making me realize I wanted to work in California after graduation.