Today, I want to share a new episode with Sam Gregg-Wallace.As VP of Talent at Shopify, Sam is building a radical career system where ICs are paid the same as managers, AI usage is mandatory, and employees can advance their career by mastering their craft. If you’re tired of the corporate ladder, then this episode is for you.Timestamps:

(00:00) It's time to kick down the traditional corporate ladder

(02:00) Shopify's dual career path for crafters and managers

(04:32) Live demo: Why Shopify employees have "mastery points"

(09:07) "Show me the outcome and I'll show you the incentive"

(17:00) Live demo: Employees choose their equity/cash split every quarter

(24:04) She made one video and got hired in 20 hours

(27:36) Driving AI adoption in Shopify after Tobi's AI memo

(32:01) Shopify's "low distraction" mode internal operating system

(39:22) 3 rules to build a crafter's paradise at your company

Where to find Sam:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samgreggwallace/

Website: https://www.shopify.com/news/mastery

Get the takeaways: https://creatoreconomy.so/p/how-to-advance-your-career-without-managing-shopify📌 Subscribe to this channel – more interviews coming soon!

Claire is the Chief Product Officer of LaunchDarkly, founder of ChatPRD, and host of the How I AI podcast. No product leader uses AI as much as Claire so I was thrilled to get her to demo how she builds a new feature with AI agents and how she’s advising PMs to adapt to AI in the next 18 months.

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(00:00) Why traditional PM is dead (and what's coming next)

(01:46) Live demo: Building a new feature using ChatPRD and Devin

(05:34) The prompting trick that makes AI work like a real team member

(08:08) Why Devin has replaced Cursor for 70% of Claire's coding needs

(21:05) How Claire uses AI to build product strategy

(34:22) Balancing CPO duties, side projects, and family

(37:24) The real reason product management jobs are changing

(42:43) 3 skills that will future-proof your PM career in the AI era

(50:05) Why we’re entering the year of multiplayer AI agents

Where to find Claire:

X: https://x.com/clairevo

Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4aRP2XSavdtrLG5FZoonOKGet the takeaways: https://creatoreconomy.so/p/how-to-become-an-ai-product-leader-claire-vo

Get the takeaways:

https://creatoreconomy.so/p/from-idea-to-product-in-30min-using-ai-agents-claire-vo

David is the Head of AI Product at Figma and gave me an exclusive demo of Figma Make, Figma’s new AI prototyping tool. We had a great chat about how Make stands out from other tools and how it works under the hood, including a deep dive on evals.

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Building the best design-to-prototype tool in the market

(03:17) Demo: From static image to interactive solar system

(06:05) 3 ways that Make stands out from other prototyping tools

(12:01) How Make actually works behind the scenes

(15:21) 4 types of evals to improve Make's AI prototypes

(17:40) How the "Great Bakeoff" transformed the product

(23:29) The biggest product challenges in building Make

(27:23) Why prototypes are now the gold standard for design

(35:07) How Figma learned from its past AI mistakes

(40:36) Demo: Drawing apps, games, and more with Make

Where to find David:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidkossnick/

Website: https://www.figma.com/make/

Get the takeaways: https://creatoreconomy.so/p/figmas-make-ai-prototyping-tool-is-here

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