Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
· Sergey Levine, Patrick O'Shaughnessy
[00:00:00] S1: It's a tough question to answer because I do think there were many moments in my career where I got a leg up on something. I think I have the kind of personality where I sometimes don't appreciate it in the moment and only reflect on it afterwards. The three moments in my career that stand out – actually one of them I'd already mentioned to you, which was the arm farm thing. I'm especially grateful to Jeff and to Vincent for being willing to take that bet on me and my colleagues. And there are a couple other moments. When I started my postdoc with Pieter Abbeel at Berkeley, I had zero robotics experience. I had done virtual character animation and computer graphics. I felt like that was a bet on my potential more so than my actual accomplishments. And there was another moment even earlier on. I got an internship at Nvidia that got me to experience some cool stuff when I was just a sophomore. And I think the hiring manager for that also took a bet on me. And I think that these kinds of things, they really matter in a person's career. And I think that in the moment, I should have been more grateful, but certainly in hindsight, it's something that made a big difference. And hopefully I can make that difference in other people's careers as well. [00:00:00] S0: Well, I've learned so much from you and your co-founders and so much today. Thank you so much for your time. Thank you.