Sam Schillace
Sam Schillace is deputy CTO and corporate vice president at Microsoft. Prior to working at Microsoft, Sam started a company called Writely, which was acquired by Google and became the foundation of what today is Google Docs. While at Google, Sam helped lead many of Google’s consumer products, including Gmail, Blogger, PageCreator, Picasa, Reader, Groups, and more recently Maps and Google Automotive Services. Sam was also a principal investor at Google Ventures, has founded six startups, and was the SVP of engineering at Box through their IPO.
AI & Technology Skills
Transformative AI products treat AI as a platform foundation, not a bolt-on.
"AI isn't a feature of your product. Your product is a feature of AI."
You need to add state, control flow, and orchestration to build real applications.
"Raw LLMs need state and control flow and orchestration."
Career Skills
Best career moves are toward work that feels so natural you feel guilty getting paid.
"You should go do the thing that you feel guilty to get paid for."
Hiring & Teams Skills
Best questions reveal how candidates react to seemingly impossible problems.
"How many zeros at the end of 100 factorial? I want to see how people react to impossible problems."