343: Make Sure Your Customers Are Your Kind Of People and Always Empower Others with Alexander Embiricos

<p>In this week’s show, Phil talks to Alexander Embiricos, cofounder and CEO of Remotion, a virtual office that brings hybrid teams to life.</p> <p>Before starting Remotion, he was a Product Manager at Dropbox, as well as having studied Computer Science at Stanford.</p> <p>Alexander talks about the value in identifying a customer base that you can relate to on a personal level. He also discusses the value in empowering others.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>KEY TAKEAWAYS:</strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>TOP CAREER TIP</strong></p> <p>In your job, make sure that the people you deal with – your customer base – are the kinds of people that you enjoy talking to.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>WORST CAREER MOMENT</strong></p> <p>While working for Dropbox, Alexander realized that he did not have the sufficient manpower to meet an important deadline. He ended up performing the work himself, but was advised that this was not the point of project managing.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>CAREER HIGHLIGHT</strong></p> <p>A video call with a customer, which resulted in Alexander being told how useful the Remotion tool had been to their way of working.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>THE FUTURE OF CAREERS IN I.T</strong></p> <p>Seeing how the community is able to build upon the work of others, iterating products and services, and pushing to see what is possible.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>THE REVEAL</strong></p> <p><strong>What first attracted you to a career in I.T.?</strong> – Being able to build upon other people’s work.</p> <p><strong>What’s the best career advice you received?</strong> –Make sure that you enjoy talking to the people you have to talk to.</p> <p><strong>What’s the worst career advice you received?</strong> – Focus on what will get your promoted, and not what the customer needs.</p> <p><strong>What would you do if you started your career now?</strong> – Become an engineer instead of a product manager.</p> <p><strong>What are your current career objectives? –</strong> How to distribute products more effectively, and how t