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In Her Ellement

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Navigating Career Pivots and Grit with Milo’s Avni Patel Thompson 26:18

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How do you know when it’s time to make your next big career move? With International Women’s Day around the corner, we are excited to feature Avni Patel Thompson, Founder and CEO of Milo. Avni is building technology that directly supports the often overlooked emotional and logistical labor that falls on parents—especially women. Milo is an AI assistant designed to help families manage that invisible load more efficiently. In this episode, Avni shares her journey from studying chemistry to holding leadership roles at global brands like Adidas and Starbucks, to launching her own ventures. She discusses how she approaches career transitions, the importance of unpleasant experiences, and why she’s focused on making everyday life easier for parents. [01:26] Avni's University Days and Early Career [04:36] Non-Linear Career Paths [05:16] Pursuing Steep Learning Curves [11:51] Entrepreneurship and Safety Nets [15:22] Lived Experiences and Milo [19:55] Avni’s In Her Ellement Moment [20:03] Reflections Links: Avni Patel Thompson on LinkedIn Suchi Srinivasan on LinkedIn Kamila Rakhimova on LinkedIn Ipsos report on the future of parenting About In Her Ellement: In Her Ellement highlights the women and allies leading the charge in digital, business, and technology innovation. Through engaging conversations, the podcast explores their journeys—celebrating successes and acknowledging the balance between work and family. Most importantly, it asks: when was the moment you realized you hadn’t just arrived—you were truly in your element? About The Hosts: Suchi Srinivasan is an expert in AI and digital transformation. Originally from India, her career includes roles at trailblazing organizations like Bell Labs and Microsoft. In 2011, she co-founded the Cleanweb Hackathon, a global initiative driving IT-powered climate solutions with over 10,000 members across 25+ countries. She also advises Women in Cloud, aiming to create $1B in economic opportunities for women entrepreneurs by 2030. Kamila Rakhimova is a fintech leader whose journey took her from Tajikistan to the U.S., where she built a career on her own terms. Leveraging her English proficiency and international relations expertise, she discovered the power of microfinance and moved to the U.S., eventually leading Amazon's Alexa Fund to support underrepresented founders. Subscribe to In Her Ellement on your podcast app of choice to hear meaningful conversations with women in digital, business, and technology.…

Rationalists in Tech Podcast

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03: Alexei Andreev

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My third guest is Alexei Andreev In this 13-minute interview, we discuss: Alexei's record of donating to Existential Risk causes. The trade-offs of donating from a salary as opposed to waiting to donate from a big exit on a startup. The value of CfAR-style techniques for getting the job done; e.g. building good habit. Working with other LessWrongers; collaborating with them professionally, and hiring them. Alexei mentioned his LessWrong blog post: Maximizing your donations via a job . Audio Your browser does not support this audio…

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02: Dr. Daniel Reeves of Beeminder

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My guest is Dr. Daniel Reeves of Beeminder , a web service that helps you stick to your goals. In this 11-minute discussion, Daniel talks about: How Beeminder works to help you stay focused on your goals, Working with other LessWrongers at the startup, The value, or lack thereof, in getting a PhD; his was in Algorithmic Game Theory, which he links to Beeminder, and Dogfooding their own product at Beeminder. Daniel mentioned "Level 1" and "Level 2" actions, those that give value in their own right as oppose to those that make you effective: Here's the relevant post . Audio Your browser does not support this audio…

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01: Laurent Bossavit of Institut Agile

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My guest is Laurent Bossavit of Institut Agile , known on LessWrong.com as Morendil . His book on The Leprechauns of Software Engineering , mentioned in the podcast, shows some interesting cases of industry legend in software: "How folklore turns into fact and what to do about it." In this 29-minute interview, we discuss The Leprechauns book How CfAR-style rationality techniques apply specifically to tech work: Do they give you "superpowers"? Building a career as a software engineer and consultant Business networking for techies LessWrongers as potential employees, employers and business partners. Audio Your browser does not support this audio Bio: After a first career as a software developer (20 years of coding experience) and a few years as an independent consultant, Laurent Bossavit now heads Institut Agile, whose aims include helping Agile software development become better established as a research topic and as a discipline, and helping grow a healthier market for clients and suppliers leveraging these practices. Passionate about helping people in various Agile communities network and support each other, Laurent is a former member of the board of the Agile Alliance, a recipient of the 2006 Gordon Pask award for contributions to Agile practice and co-founder of the Coding Dojos.…

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