What's the Most Important Job in the World? (Guest: Adam Mosseri, CEO of Instagram)

This is Your Life in Silicon Valley

English - January 14, 2020 13:00 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 171 ratings
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Adam Mosseri is the CEO of Instagram - which is arguably the most important social network on the planet at the moment. Adam also ran Facebook's News Feed product. In short, Adam has been influential in your life without you even knowing it - the decisions he's made have influenced how you've viewed your social media feeds over the past decade.

We talk to Adam about how he wound up in San Francisco from New York - and what role a bad relationship my have planed. We ask him about his outlook on San Francisco overall - and whether government can fix the problems that ail the city at the moment. Adam voted for Mayor Breed over other choices and talks about that for a bit.

We asked Adam about big product decisions he may have coming up over the next year, and he talks about the potential for election interference perhaps even over Instagram. This is a must-listen interview that covers a great deal of ground.

We even asked Adam what his favorite startups are, and Lambda School made an appearance.