Ryan Peterman

I love that show.

And I got to hear, how'd you get involved with that?

Are there any Easter eggs where you look at it and go, that's unusually accurate?

Or that system diagram actually is very spot on.

That's such a cool experience.

Did you get paid for that?

Yeah, that's a complicated question.

Looking back on your career, is there any regret that comes to mind that maybe other people can learn from?

yeah when i studied your career i mean there's there's mentions of you working a 16 hours a week in various places but um you know you you like on-call you like fires um you like ownership like all those things are a recipe for working obscene hours yeah and you know i go home and i'm tired and i wind down by building stuff now like i

Do you have a best technical book recommendation for people?

Yeah, I think if I answered the question, I'd probably say the same.

I think learning by doing is that's really where it matters most.

And then last question for you is if you could go back to the beginning of your career and give yourself some advice, what would you say?

Yeah, I mean, on Twitter, I see this take all the time of this permanent underclass idea where if you don't make it in time for AGI, then you're going to be part of this permanent underclass.

Oh, I love that mindset.

And yeah, well, thank you for your time.

Oh God.

All right.

Well, thank you so much for your time, James.

I really appreciate it.