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What is the core message of Marc Andreessen's article: Why software is eating the world.

• Software will always be subservient to human control, which is both a good and a bad thing

• AI sentience can overthrow mankind this poses severe risks for the world economy

• Software is becoming the foundation of nearly every industry, this disruption with continue in the future

• AI is taking over the world, governments should come up with a roadmap

• AI has a lot of risks, all stakeholders should study AI carefully

Why does it help to build deep expertise in a field?

• Companies will struggle to find replacement for such talent

• Compensation and skills are positively correlated

• One needs deep expertise to come up with novel discoveries

• It helps the innovation efforts of not just your career but also the country's progress

• There will be more jobs in the future compared to today because of automation

By extrapolation, which country will have the most working age employees be in 2100 AD

• Nigeria

• India

• China

• UK

• USA

As per the projections in class, what will the nominal GDP of India be in 2050 as a percent of US GDP in 2024? Choose the closest number

• 44%

• 74%

• 82%

• 118%

• 137%

What do GDP projections for the next 25 years mean for the students today?

• India will add around 18 trillion dollars, no country had added more GDP in the same time

• India will replace the USA at the top

• China will replace the USA at the top

• India will replace the China at the top

• Markets will boom in India and China along with the US

What is the difference between regular work and self-motivated work (Karma) as discussed in class?

• Motivation is finite in regular work but not in self-motivated work

• Regular work is influenced by outside perception of others and self-motivated work in influenced by self-perception

• The greatest entrepreneurs like NR Narayana Murthy and Jeff Bezos had to do a lot of self-motivated work to get financial success than they did at regular workplace jobs.

• Making money is against the idea of self-motivated work, whereas it is important for regular work

• Making money is not completely against the idea of self-motivated work, it can be a secondary goal but not the primary goal

What should one do before company meetings

• Prepare for the meeting at least 5-10 minutes in advance

• Do not take notes during meetings

• Do not update stakeholders with updates in advance of the meeting

• If the meeting is online, keep video webcam closed

• If you are the organizer, create meeting minutes and send it out

What are signs of effective listening?

• Not taking notes in meeting

• Having effective eye contact

• Jump into solutions without understanding the problem accurately

• Interrupting the talkers

• Paraphrasing to make you understood right

What is Sandwich Feedback?

• Critical feedback followed by a compliment and ending with more critical feedback

• Two critical feedback followed by a compliment

• Two compliments followed by one critical feedback

• A compliment followed by sharp critical feedback followed by a positive statement

• Three points of critical feedback one after the other

How does one deal with absolute workplace skeptics who have no belief in your ideas?

• Show that everyone else except them has bought into the proposal

• Prove that you are committed

• Show them you have the required authority

• Tell them that they have limited time to enrol

• Show them your goal and their professional goals are the same