90,000 Hours (Private)

90,000 Hours (Private)

The Ken

Episodes 17
Avg. Duration 27m
Activity Highly Active
Since Jul 2025
Latest Episode Jan 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule
Every 2 Weeks
Format
Episodic
Consistency
85%
Hosting
feeds.transistor.fm

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About This Podcast

You’ll spend 90,000 hours at work in your lifetime. How do you make that time count? 90,000 Hours is a weekly podcast from the newsroom of The Ken that helps you navigate today’s changing world of work, where the traditional 40-year career is gone, entry-level jobs are being replaced by artificial intelligence, and staying relevant means constantly reinventing yourself. Hosted by Rahel Philipose, the show features conversations with the people creating, breaking, and rewriting the way we work.

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Meet the fitness warrior: why ordinary professionals are training like elite athletes

Jan 26, 2026 24m

Over the last few years, something has shifted.Run clubs. Triathlons.  Marathons. Hybrid races. Ordinary professionals are training like athletes, travelling across the country to compete, and…

Bangalore is unsustainable. Here is how founders are building in smaller tech cities

Jan 20, 2026 22m

Being an employee in corporate urban India is living in a perpetual state of frustration. Long hours, followed by longer commutes. Add infrastructural issues to the mix. It is a nightmare. But people…

'What did you do over the weekend?': the interview questions founders care about right now

Jan 12, 2026 27m

“What would make you quit this job a year from now?”“If you were an animal, what animal would you be?”“How do you spend your weekends?”Every founder and hiring manager has a set of off-script…

Why AI startups are rushing to hire a Forward Deployed Engineer

Jan 06, 2026 27m

There is a new kind of race within AI startups and companies to hire for an old role that lends itself perfectly to selling products powered by technology that is changing as we speak. We are talking…

Career forecast 2026: Pyramid collapse, hiring woes, and being human in an AI world

Dec 23, 2025 28m

We started 90,000 Hours because we believe careers are at an inflection point. Nothing seems to be certain anymore as old rules are actively being thrown out of the window. As we wrap up five months…

In a sea of sameness, one skill stands out

Dec 08, 2025 39m

Generative AI has made it easy to churn out decent design, copy, code in seconds. But in this flood of outputs, who decides what’s actually good?This episode looks at taste. Not the elite kind shaped…

Young, skilled and floundering: Overcoming the hope gap in careers today

Nov 25, 2025 34m

Every generation has a way of thinking their problems are unique and that they have somehow been handed the wrong end of the stick. Most times, it is a cliche. But sometimes, it captures a rare…

'I automated 20 hours of my work': What AI really does to your job

Nov 11, 2025 21m

We ran a survey last month asking professionals whether AI tools had saved them time at work. About 200 of you wrote in. We heard from consultants, lawyers, product managers, software developers —…

Ex-founders get a bad rap, but they’re exactly who enterprises need

Oct 27, 2025 28m

We have all heard the founder's story. The kind they make movies about. The kind of founders who see unimaginable success and build massive brands that the whole world knows about.Or the other kind…

The great Indian GCC makeover

Oct 13, 2025 30m

It started with a satellite dish arriving on a bullock cart. Back in 1985, that scene outside Texas Instruments’ new Bengaluru office quietly marked the birth of India’s first multinational R&D…

AI broke the job hunt. Here’s what’s replacing it

Sep 29, 2025 25m

Do you remember the first job you ever applied for? Maybe it was during your college placement cycle. Or perhaps it was a frantic search on Naukri.com or LinkedIn right after graduation. However you…

Meta to Softbank to Verix: Kirthiga Reddy on navigating 'six careers in one lifetime'

Sep 15, 2025 45m

In this week’s 90,000 Hours, Rahel Philipose speaks to Kirthiga Reddy, Meta India’s first hire, SoftBank’s first woman investing partner, and now founder of blockchain-powered credentialing platform,…

Indian IT faces its ultimate reckoning. Here’s how founders and veterans are rethinking the playbook

Sep 01, 2025 32m

India’s $283 billion IT industry is in the middle of a perfect storm: AI is rewriting old playbooks, GCCs are pulling away top talent, and clients are tightening budgets. But this isn’t the first…

The hard truth about the American dream

Aug 18, 2025 23m

For decades, studying in the US was seen as a golden ticket: a degree that promised not just world-class education, but a clear path to jobs, visas, and a better life abroad.But in 2025, that promise…

At work, it’s 'AI or bust'. What’s your move?

Aug 04, 2025 27m

What happens when AI at work isn't optional anymore? Across the board, companies are investing in AI tools for their teams. But with that access comes a new kind of pressure to work smarter, move…

Pitches, pickleball, and the new rules of networking

Jul 21, 2025 18m

For decades, networking was about being seen: showing up in the right rooms, handing out the right cards, and saying the right things.Today, a new generation of founders and VCs is rewriting that…

Introducing 90,000 Hours: Work is changing. Are you ready?

Jul 18, 2025 1m Trailer

You’ll spend 90,000 hours at work in your lifetime. How do you make that time count?90,000 Hours is a weekly podcast from the newsroom of The Ken that helps you navigate today’s changing world of…

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