Make Sure Your Customers Are Your Kind Of People and Always Empower Others with Alexander Embiricos
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Alexander Embiricos
In this week’s show, Phil talks to Alexander Embiricos, cofounder and CEO of Remotion, a virtual office that brings hybrid teams to life. Before starting Remotion, he was a Product Manager at Dropbox, as well as having studied Computer Science at Stanford. Alexander talks about the value in identifying a customer base that you can relate to on a personal level. He also discusses the value in empowering others.
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Resources
Remotion.com – Click on the link to check out the website!
2 Top Career Tips
1) In your job, make sure that the people you deal with – your customer base – are the kinds of people that you enjoy talking to.
2) Always do your best to empower others so that they can solve problems for themselves.
Show Notes
Worst Career Moment
While working for Dropbox, Alexander realized that he did not have the sufficient manpower to meet an important deadline. He ended up performing the work himself, but was advised that this was not the point of project managing.
Career Highlight
A video call with a customer, which resulted in Alexander being told how useful the Remotion tool had been to their way of working.
The Future
Seeing how the community is able to build upon the work of others, iterating products and services, and pushing to see what is possible.
The Reveal
What first attracted you to a career in I.T.?
Being able to build upon other people’s work.
What is the best career advice you’ve ever received?
Make sure that you enjoy talking to the people you have to talk to.
What is the worst career advice you’ve ever received?
Focus on what will get your promoted, and not what the customer needs.
If you had to begin your career again in today’s world, what would you do?
Become an engineer instead of a product manager.
What career objectives are you currently focusing on?
How to distribute products more effectively, and how to be a better manager.
What’s the number one non-technical skill that has helped you in your career so far?
Being curious about what other people think or are interested in.
What do you do to keep your own career energized?
The feeling of creating something and delivering it.
What do you do in your spare time away from technology?
Sports and time with friends.
Contact The Guest
Contact Alexander Embiricos through the following social media platforms:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/embirico
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/embirico/
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