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In this week’s episode of Fueled Unfiltered, we are talking about all things tech, entrepreneurship and startups. Our guest for this episode is Arpit Bhayani. Arpit worked at Google as a Staff Engineer before he worked at Uacademy as the Director of Engineering and at Amazon as an SDE-2.
Arpit’s career graph has been steep and inspiring and there is a lot to be learned from it. Arpit recently left his job at Google to build his startup - Duggup.
Watch this episode to learn about his journey, his takes on startups, career building and more!
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Highlights
00:48 Who is Arpit Bhayani?
02:25 How do you know if a particular career field is for you?
04:48 Importance of the right attitude and constant learning
09:06 When to switch your job?
12:00 The 3-P Formula for Job Switching
17:24 Arpit's Hiring Criteria
18:04 The Importance of Curiosity
21:17 Innovative College Project
24:12 How to find Curious Engineers?
27:18 Some interesting interview questions
29:29 Look for something beyond interviews
31:33 Arpit's first job interview experience
35:39 Making Work Fun and Meaningful
37:03 Building a programming language for his daughter
41:41 The importance of learning to code
42:52 Being MORE than just work
44:07 Duggup: A no-nonsense social network
48:53 Authentic content over Engagement
50:50 AI-generated Content vs Authenticity
52:52 Challenges of building in the social media space
59:20 How Arpit finds the motivation to work on various ventures
01:03:22 Authenticity and Fame
01:07:59 Tailoring content to suit different platforms
01:10:37 Thoughtful One Liners
01:12:08 Imposter Syndrome
01:15:36 Advice for his younger self
01:21:07 Conclusion
01:21:45 Bloopers
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