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How would you describe your job to someone who doesn’t work in tech?
I provide the bridge from Skipp (an AI kitchen and bath-renovation startup) to non-tech companies from which we source labor, products, and other goods and services. A lot of my role has been explaining how our company operates remotely and how we can be based in Brooklyn, with 80% of our clients on the West Coast, to companies that are manufacturing cabinets, countertops, flooring, hardware, plumbing, and appliances.
What’s your favorite emerging-tech project you’ve worked on?
As a company founded on the basis of AI being the smart way of the future, providing people with answers better and faster than humans, all the projects I work on have been touched by AI. Our proprietary system takes clients’ kitchen measurements and turns them into smart layout options faster than a human ever could. What I get to work on is the procurement of physical material goods and products, after our tech provides our clients with their renovation layout options. Our clients pick the one that suits their preferences best, and then we get to work.
What emerging tech are you least optimistic about, and why?
The metaverse is what I am least optimistic about. We all stare at screens enough already [between] work, streaming at night after work, and apps on our phones, and we need to interact in real life more than ever. We’re human!
What’s the best piece of tech-related media you’ve read/watched/listened to?
Vox’s podcast Land of the Giants. There have been some enlightening stories about Apple and Amazon.