# Interviewed by CatGPT: How I Rebuilt My Career Around AI

Watch the full interview on YouTube: Key Topics Covered The Red Pill Moment How ChatGPT doing my data science job 100x faster triggered an anxiety attack Why I liquidated my 401k to explore AI full-time "Sticks and stones won't tell you how to make fire, but intelligence will" Meeting Reid Hoffman The 5-hour conversation that changed everything Building a custom GPT on Reid's corpus of work Going from solo hacker to Reid's AI expert Vibe Coding & The Future of Programming Being the first vibe coder before it was even a term Why "Are you technical?" is the wrong question now How to compete without an ML degree Should people still learn to code in 2025? Playing vs Working with AI Why using AI only for your job means missing 90% of its value The yapper metagame: "Yappers and ADHD are the new superheroes" Asking dumb questions without judgment Agency as the ultimate optimization The Personal Cost 14-hour days in self-imposed isolation Dating challenges: "Can you just not talk about AI?" Imposter syndrome while being recruited as CTO Finding your network when you feel alone Highlights 0:00 The setup: from solo hacking to AI acceleration 2:27 Becoming "red-pilled" by AI 4:14 Watching ChatGPT do his data science work 100x faster 6:01 "Sticks and stones won't tell you how to make fire, but intelligence will" 8:05 The daily AI routine that replaced his old workflow 10:03 AI use cases for farmers and small businesses 12:06 Why your network keeps you from going to zero 14:04 Learning technical systems by asking "dumb" questions 17:13 "I'm not limited by everything I've ever worked on, I'm limited by the questions I ask" 18:14 Building a chatbot on Reid Hoffman's corpus 24:00 Imposter syndrome while shipping faster than before 30:04 "Good prompt engineers are like spellcasting" 32:17 Should people still learn to code in 2025? 34:24 "If you're going to take Adderall... you might as well pay for GPT-4" 38:03 Identity, value, and meaning in the AI era 42:01 Curiosity beats gatekeeping in AI adoption 48:02 Dream bigger: you are not limited by your past