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Pieter Levels

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
2088 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

No, I don't want to judge. I know that for me, it wasn't my world. It wasn't my subculture. I wanted to make cool shit. But they also think their cool shit is cool. But I wanted to make real startups. And that was my thing. I would read Hacker News, like Y Combinator. And they were making cool stuff. So I wanted to make cool stuff.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

It's very romantic, man.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

It's very romantic, man.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

It's very romantic, man.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

No, I think it was amazing. Like, we would work. Like, I would make friends and we would work until, you know, 6 a.m. in Bali, for example, with, like, with Andre, my best friend, who is still my best friend, and with another friend. And we would work until, like, the morning when the sun came up. Because at night, the coworker space was silent, you know, there was nobody else. And...

Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

No, I think it was amazing. Like, we would work. Like, I would make friends and we would work until, you know, 6 a.m. in Bali, for example, with, like, with Andre, my best friend, who is still my best friend, and with another friend. And we would work until, like, the morning when the sun came up. Because at night, the coworker space was silent, you know, there was nobody else. And...

Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

No, I think it was amazing. Like, we would work. Like, I would make friends and we would work until, you know, 6 a.m. in Bali, for example, with, like, with Andre, my best friend, who is still my best friend, and with another friend. And we would work until, like, the morning when the sun came up. Because at night, the coworker space was silent, you know, there was nobody else. And...

Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

Because there was like six people coming or we didn't know. Sometimes people would come in. Did you say 3-0-30? Yeah.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

Because there was like six people coming or we didn't know. Sometimes people would come in. Did you say 3-0-30? Yeah.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

Because there was like six people coming or we didn't know. Sometimes people would come in. Did you say 3-0-30? Yeah.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

And we would drink like four per person or something, you know? Man, it's Bali. I don't know if they were powerful lattes, you know, but they were lattes. And we would put it in a plastic bag and then we'd drive there and all the coffee was like falling, you know, everywhere. And then we'd go in the coffee stand and have these coffees here and we'd work all night. We'd play like techno music and...

Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

And we would drink like four per person or something, you know? Man, it's Bali. I don't know if they were powerful lattes, you know, but they were lattes. And we would put it in a plastic bag and then we'd drive there and all the coffee was like falling, you know, everywhere. And then we'd go in the coffee stand and have these coffees here and we'd work all night. We'd play like techno music and...

Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

And we would drink like four per person or something, you know? Man, it's Bali. I don't know if they were powerful lattes, you know, but they were lattes. And we would put it in a plastic bag and then we'd drive there and all the coffee was like falling, you know, everywhere. And then we'd go in the coffee stand and have these coffees here and we'd work all night. We'd play like techno music and...

Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

everybody would just work in there. Like this was literally like business people. They would work in their startup and we'd all try and make something. And then the sun would come up and the morning people, you know, the yoga girls and yoga guys would come in, you know, after the yoga class at six and they say, hey, good morning.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

everybody would just work in there. Like this was literally like business people. They would work in their startup and we'd all try and make something. And then the sun would come up and the morning people, you know, the yoga girls and yoga guys would come in, you know, after the yoga class at six and they say, hey, good morning.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

everybody would just work in there. Like this was literally like business people. They would work in their startup and we'd all try and make something. And then the sun would come up and the morning people, you know, the yoga girls and yoga guys would come in, you know, after the yoga class at six and they say, hey, good morning.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

And we're like, we look like this, you know, and we're like, what's up, how are you doing? And we didn't know how bad we looked, you know, but it was very bad. And then we'd go home, sleep in like a hostel or a hotel and do the same thing. And again, and again, and again. Yeah. And it was this lock-in mode, you know, like working. And that was very fun.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

And we're like, we look like this, you know, and we're like, what's up, how are you doing? And we didn't know how bad we looked, you know, but it was very bad. And then we'd go home, sleep in like a hostel or a hotel and do the same thing. And again, and again, and again. Yeah. And it was this lock-in mode, you know, like working. And that was very fun.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

And we're like, we look like this, you know, and we're like, what's up, how are you doing? And we didn't know how bad we looked, you know, but it was very bad. And then we'd go home, sleep in like a hostel or a hotel and do the same thing. And again, and again, and again. Yeah. And it was this lock-in mode, you know, like working. And that was very fun.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

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