
Conscious Tech How to Design Your Life With Head of Design and Former Uber Employee, Phil Pham
Phil Pham is a Head of Design, Author of "Work From Anywhere", and fellow Maui resident. We chat about intentionally designing your life and Phil's experience, which ranges from agencies, to Uber, BetterUp, and philanthropy.
Chapters
(00:00:00) Balancing career and family
(00:05:00) Phil’s design background
(00:07:57) Letting fear derail you from your path
(00:21:27) How Phil became head of design
(00:26:41) Working at Uber and Travis Getting Ousted
(00:30:08) Career development seminars at Uber
(00:35:16) Value and toxicity working in tech in San Francisco
(00:37:23) Don’t wait for permission
(00:39:03) Phil’s book - Work from Anywhere
(00:40:26) Making a decision where the cost of failure is too high
(00:45:15) Working at BetterUp with a focus on psychology
(00:48:04) Getting laid off and how interviewing has changed
(01:00:00) Experimental philanthropy and leveraging AI
Phil’s Reading List:
Where to find Phil Pham:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philpham/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-pham/
Website: https://philphamdesign.com/
Podcast: Modern Dad Life
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