00:10:41 · Andrew Song
There's a truth behind how that's going to change the world somewhere in there, and that will guide so many decisions along the way, and those decisions become so much easier when you know that truth inside of you, when you can communicate that truth to everybody that you're working with, and those decisions become so hard when you're not sure. That's, I think, the biggest takeaway that I've learned. Unfortunately, he actually passed away very recent, a few months ago. I think that has caused me to reflect a lot about his inspiration on me personally and this company that that's been built. But I also think about it consumer lens, just like a a lens of somebody who wants to hear better and wants to laugh at jokes. And that experience is happening in households every day around the world. It is a human phenomenon. It is beyond language. It is just something that we all deal with and see in our loved ones, especially as they age. And that is, I think, the guiding light and part of my truth. The truth for me at Whisper is ultimately that what technology can do for people who use hearing aids, rely on them to laugh at jokes, hear stories. That technology is so far beyond what is existing in products today. That's our opportunity. That's what makes us really excited. That's what makes us optimistic. I think one of the great opportunities when you get to work in a field like technology is you can often build products or work on ideas that will last for much longer than maybe even beyond your life. I think everybody who has the privilege of working in an area like that, there's somewhere in there that that's part of the dream is to just do meaningful work. I hope the work that I do is meaningful and in some way can last beyond, you know, even my work on it can last in some form into the future.