"To build, sell, and lead. Those are three essential roles for the future, and learning to do all three simultaneously or being ambidextrous is incredibly challenging but valuable. Building is key - can you code or understand code and leverage technology to construct and organize effectively? Selling is about understanding human needs and identifying problems to solve." - Jeremy Au
"I think values are important for leadership because people need to connect with you and understand what you stand for. It's about creating a just environment and treating others fairly, not just in a transactional way. Values are connected to your sense of self and confidence in knowing what you believe in, even if it goes against what others think. It's important to have a sense of right and wrong and a sense of self in those things." - Shiyan Koh
"There are three things they should learn. One is writing effectively, which is how you communicate ideas and arguments. Two is you need to understand how code works.We're seeing all of these advances in LLMs and generative ai and very few people will actually build their own LLMs, but tons of people are gooing to build on top of that. The last part is statistics, the amount of data in the world has simply exploded and will continue to explore. If you have that three core skill sets, you can learn additional things" - Shiyan Koh
In this episode, Jeremy Au speaks on startup tech talent insights, salary arbitrage, skill gaps, equity differences, bonus structures, and hybrid versus remote versus office, thanks to Monk's Hill Ventures.
Keywords: Startup Tech Talent, Salary Arbitrage, Skill Gaps, Equity Differences, Bonus Structures, Hybrid vs Remote vs Office, Southeast Asia, VC, Thought Leadership
