Gagan Sandhu

And that's how we position ourselves.

And that's how we position ourselves.

The term is new, but the concept is not. If you go back, There are a couple of people who come to mind. Dave Ramsey, I don't know, I think he's in the late 60s or maybe early 70s. He's been an influencer for finance since like the 80s. Suze Orman, and there are many others, right? So influencers have always been there. The memory keeps changing. Before that, they were newspaper columnists.

The term is new, but the concept is not. If you go back, There are a couple of people who come to mind. Dave Ramsey, I don't know, I think he's in the late 60s or maybe early 70s. He's been an influencer for finance since like the 80s. Suze Orman, and there are many others, right? So influencers have always been there. The memory keeps changing. Before that, they were newspaper columnists.

They were always there. People would write letters. Hey, what should I do this? How should I do that? So there have always been influencers. They started with newspapers and magazines, then to TV, then to cable, and then to internet and some user groups and discussion boards, and now to social media. hasn't changed so much, but it has fragmented.

They were always there. People would write letters. Hey, what should I do this? How should I do that? So there have always been influencers. They started with newspapers and magazines, then to TV, then to cable, and then to internet and some user groups and discussion boards, and now to social media. hasn't changed so much, but it has fragmented.

There's one Bera Ramsey, one Suzan, and there were probably like a dozen of them, say, 30 years ago, and there is probably thousands of them, if not millions now. I think there is a place for them. They provide bite-sized wisdom. I am in my own very small right. I'm also a finfluencer. I post my videos on LinkedIn, Twitter, TikTok, everywhere.

There's one Bera Ramsey, one Suzan, and there were probably like a dozen of them, say, 30 years ago, and there is probably thousands of them, if not millions now. I think there is a place for them. They provide bite-sized wisdom. I am in my own very small right. I'm also a finfluencer. I post my videos on LinkedIn, Twitter, TikTok, everywhere.

You can easily find me, Zillion or Gagan Asandu, if you search for it. So I post nuggets as well. But I believe that Influencers, they do have a motive. Typically, they're typically tied with someone they're either selling, hey, this JP Morgan bank account is really good. You should get it. And they get some money. I think that model has a place. We are not doing that.

You can easily find me, Zillion or Gagan Asandu, if you search for it. So I post nuggets as well. But I believe that Influencers, they do have a motive. Typically, they're typically tied with someone they're either selling, hey, this JP Morgan bank account is really good. You should get it. And they get some money. I think that model has a place. We are not doing that.

We don't tie up with influencers or influencers. We believe that it's less authentic. I would rather be selling our own product and not just using an influencer. We want to be an influencer ourselves rather than use other influencers.

We don't tie up with influencers or influencers. We believe that it's less authentic. I would rather be selling our own product and not just using an influencer. We want to be an influencer ourselves rather than use other influencers.

I think some of the things that I'm going to say are probably going to be controversial, but I'm just going to say it anyway. There are many aspects of this. I'll focus on one or two. Regarding ageism, I think I'm less worried about that.

I think some of the things that I'm going to say are probably going to be controversial, but I'm just going to say it anyway. There are many aspects of this. I'll focus on one or two. Regarding ageism, I think I'm less worried about that.

But the way I think about it is, as compared to, say, 20, 30 years ago, today, in this economy, especially in the US, and maybe in other places as well, a career is not It doesn't span 30, 40, 50 years anymore. A typical career, this is my reading, is about 10 years. Every 10 years or so, you need to rediscover your career. I have done it. I started as a mechanical engineer.

But the way I think about it is, as compared to, say, 20, 30 years ago, today, in this economy, especially in the US, and maybe in other places as well, a career is not It doesn't span 30, 40, 50 years anymore. A typical career, this is my reading, is about 10 years. Every 10 years or so, you need to rediscover your career. I have done it. I started as a mechanical engineer.

Seven years later, I became a programmer. Another five years later, I became a manager. Another 10 years later, I became a leader in tech overall. And five years later, I started a company. So I have changed career basically three or four times in the less than three, two and a half decades that I've been working. I think this is going to be the norm.

Seven years later, I became a programmer. Another five years later, I became a manager. Another 10 years later, I became a leader in tech overall. And five years later, I started a company. So I have changed career basically three or four times in the less than three, two and a half decades that I've been working. I think this is going to be the norm.

And it's less about ageism, it's about discovery. For instance, right now we are in this hype cycle, which is somewhat real, but definitely we are in the cycle, I shouldn't say hype cycle, We're in the cycle where some of the old guard technologies are getting replaced with new guard technologies like AI, for instance.

And it's less about ageism, it's about discovery. For instance, right now we are in this hype cycle, which is somewhat real, but definitely we are in the cycle, I shouldn't say hype cycle, We're in the cycle where some of the old guard technologies are getting replaced with new guard technologies like AI, for instance.