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Ep. 220: The Two Types of Ambition

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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What Did You Start Doing?

Greece-born, U.S.-based student of robotics wrote a book about how to get ahead in his field. He says he followed the same principles as Karl Obeidallah when it came to writing software for robotic systems. Now working at one of the top three self-driving car companies in San Francisco and getting high performance reviews from other firms. "I think I failed for the second control trap," writes author after becoming too busy with work on robot platform.

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