Lost in Tech

Lost in Tech

Welcome to Lost in Tech! Each week, Lola and Mamuna dive into the tech industry, sharing insights and opinions, and answer questions and letters from our listeners. Expect honest conversations, relatable stories, and a touch of humor as we navigate the complexities of tech careers. If you have a question or dilemma, email us at help@lostintechpodcast.com or DM on Twitter @lostintechpod. If you're a tech professional, enthusiast, or simply curious about the tech industry, Lost in Tech is here to keep you informed and entertained. Subscribe, stay tuned and let's get lost in tech together!

  1. -3 дн.

    Hard things are hard, even when you are the expert

    Even the person who is supposed to have it figured out does not always have it figured out. Mamuna and Lola talk about the kind of tired that shows up when life, leadership, parenting, work uncertainty, and founder responsibility all land at the same time: the pressure to keep going, the loneliness of building before everyone else believes in it, and why sometimes the wisest leadership move is not to make the decision yet. Plus: 9-9-6 startup advice, bad decisions when leaders do not have the right mirror, rest as product clarity, and the reminder that being tired can be a temporary blip in operations — not proof you forgot who you are. Watch the video version on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LostInTechPodcast/videos Also on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lost-in-tech/id1738267185 Lost in Tech is Mamuna Oladipo and Lola Pearson — a combined 35 years in tech across North America and Europe, on the highs, the lows, and the WTFs of navigating the industry. Send your tech questions: help@lostintechpodcast.com.

    28 мин.

  2. 25 июн.

    Ditch the Crutch: AI, Leadership & Your Voice

    "Brief me, don't be me." That's the line Mamuna draws with AI. Mamuna and Lola are joined by Sope Agbelusi (Mindset Shift) on where AI stops helping and starts replacing you: why AI-generated work stops sounding like you, how leaders lose their teams' voices, "performative productivity," and why the "burn all the tokens" era is heading for a reckoning. Plus: AI as support vs. crutch, why "it's never an AI problem, it's your incentives," and finding the voice you lead with before you automate it away. Guest: Sope Agbelusi, Mindset Shift: https://mindsetshift.co.uk/about/sope Watch the video version on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LostInTechPodcast/videos Also on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lost-in-tech/id1738267185 Lost in Tech is Mamuna Oladipo and Lola Pearson, a combined 35 years in tech across North America and Europe, on the highs, the lows, and the WTFs of navigating the industry. Send your tech questions: help@lostintechpodcast.com.

    25 мин.

  3. 11 июн.

    The "Pure People Manager" is a Tech CEO Lie

    "Pure people managers will not survive the AI age." Brian Chesky, on stage. Two LIT hosts on the latest tech CEO declaration about AI eliminating jobs — and the rabbit hole they went down on Cloudflare and Coinbase layoffs that surfaced a 2021-hiring origin story Chesky didn't mention. AI isn't firing you. Naive 2021 headcount goal-setting is. Plus: what "pure people manager" actually means in the real org chart, the gap tech CEOs lean on between "I don't understand this" and "this has no value," and what to do if this news cycle is making you nervous as a manager. Watch the video version on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LostInTechPodcast/videos Also on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lost-in-tech/id1738267185 Lost in Tech is Mamuna Oladipo and Lola Pearson — a combined 35 years in tech across North America and Europe, on the highs, the lows, and the WTFs of navigating the industry. Send your tech questions: help@lostintechpodcast.com.

    19 мин.

  4. 4 июн.

    AI Is Not Intelligence

    "Women are slower to adopt AI at work." That's what the CNBC survey claims. Mamuna and Lola argue it's asking the wrong question entirely. They unpack the workplace double standard the survey doesn't name, why "using all the tokens" became the new performance metric, what AI slop and vibe-coded fragility actually look like, and the wedding-not-marriage metaphor for everyone shipping AI demos without a maintenance plan. Plus: why "AI" was bad branding (they're LLMs, not intelligence), how to actually use an LLM when you're already an expert, and the painful conversation every builder is having with hopeful vibe-coders who don't know where their data should go. Chapters: 00:00 — Cold open 00:27 — The CNBC study on women and AI 02:06 — "Did you validate this with an AI?" 05:39 — Layoffs because AI (but AI costs more than people) 09:11 — "It's AI slop" 10:18 — The vibe-coder with no plan 12:42 — "AI is not intelligence" 15:54 — How women actually use LLMs 17:46 — Wedding, not marriage 19:05 — Closing Watch the video version on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LostInTechPodcast/videos Also on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lost-in-tech/id1738267185 Lost in Tech is Mamuna Oladipo and Lola Pearson — a combined 35 years in tech across North America and Europe, on the highs, the lows, and the WTFs of navigating the industry. Send your tech questions: help@lostintechpodcast.com.

    20 мин.

  5. 27 мая

    Busy Is Not a Flex

    "Busy is not a strategy. It's not a reward. It's a symptom of something broken." Mamuna and Lola on the tech-culture trap of confusing the appearance of productivity with the actual thing — back-to-back meetings, fast Slack replies, the perpetual "I'm so busy" status update. Why the highest performers have the emptiest calendars, why Lola's "time optimist" brain keeps misjudging how long things take, and why Mamuna refuses to let an LLM write the V1 of anything important. Plus: the 250-person hellscape Mamuna survived, the deep-work block that has to be 90 minutes minimum, and what happens when you brick a device — and then your husband. Chapters: 00:00 — Cold open + a pop culture reference goes wrong 02:15 — The real topic: time management hurts my heart 03:43 — "Busy is not a flex" 04:30 — "I'm a time optimist" 06:00 — The 250-person hellscape 08:24 — Deep work needs 90 minutes minimum 10:36 — "There's no right answer. There's no done." 13:42 — Bricking the device, then bricking the husband 16:30 — Reject multitasking 18:36 — AI won't write your V1 21:38 — Simplify your life Watch the video version on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LostInTechPodcast/videos Also on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lost-in-tech/id1738267185 Lost in Tech is Mamuna Oladipo and Lola Pearson — a combined 35 years in tech across North America and Europe, on the highs, the lows, and the WTFs of navigating the industry. Send your tech questions: help@lostintechpodcast.com.

    24 мин.

  6. 19 мая

    I love the Jump

    "Inertia or chaotic change — which is worse for a company?" Mamuna and Lola both land on inertia. In this one they argue the slow death of unchallenged assumptions is more dangerous than the wild swing of a forced pivot — and pick apart why "loyalty is bought, not earned," why the shoes-to-AI pivots of 2026 actually make sense, and why every chaotic moment at work hides a latent opportunity if you can stop bracing and start looking. Plus: managing a team through chaos without losing them, the out-of-body moment Mamuna decided to take her own jump into building Theme Health, and why regret almost always lives on the side of the things you didn't do. Chapters: 00:00 — Cold open 01:05 — The question: inertia or chaotic change? 04:08 — "Loyalty is bought, not earned" 06:43 — The shoes-to-AI pivot 08:45 — Meta, the metaverse, and "ahead of its time" 11:07 — Covid as forced invention 13:14 — Why employees feel powerless 15:21 — "I love the jump" 16:50 — Callback to Ep 74: pattern vs procedural thinkers 19:15 — Managing a team through chaos 22:23 — The out-of-body decision 25:28 — Regret what you did, not what you didn't Watch the video version on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LostInTechPodcast/videos  Also on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/pattern-thinkers-vs-procedural-thinkers-why-one-survives/id1738267185?i=1000767455490 Lost in Tech is Mamuna Oladipo and Lola Pearson — a combined 35 years in tech across North America and Europe, on the highs, the lows, and the WTFs of navigating the industry. Send your tech questions: help@lostintechpodcast.com.

    28 мин.

  7. 12 мая

    Pattern Thinkers vs Procedural Thinkers — Why One Survives AI

    Are you a procedural thinker or a pattern thinker? Mamuna and Lola break down why this distinction is suddenly career-critical — and why AI is quietly making one of them obsolete. Safety-critical environments (planes, hospitals, cars) need procedural thinkers. But in dynamic tech work, senior procedural thinkers are the hidden blockers — they kill momentum, manage out bold juniors, and missthe moment they've lost relevance. Meanwhile, AI is the most efficient procedural thinker we've ever built. So if your career strategy is "follow the playbook"… the playbook just got automated. Pattern thinking is developable. We get into how. Mentioned: "The War of Art" by Steven Pressfield. Watch on YouTube: @LostInTechPodcast Follow: @LostInTechPod⁠⁠ Email: help@lostintechpodcast.com⁠⁠ Watch the full episode on YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCUvzve_1iY⁠

    20 мин.

  8. 28 апр.

    Building in Public: From Corporate Idea to Real Business | Episode 73

    Lola is nine weeks into building her own startup and nothing is going according to plan in the best possible way. She and Mamuna get honest about what it actually takes to go from a corporate idea to a real business, why raising money is about way more than the cash, and the startup Lola built and walked away from that someone should probably still build today. 💡 We cover: Why Lola treated her startup idea as a real business from day one instead of another work project, and what that decision changed The real reason to raise investment is not the money, it is who you get on the same side of the table as you Why taking VC money means choosing your overlords and how Steve Jobs getting fired from Apple is the ultimate cautionary tale Building a health product for people with chronic conditions and why the problem space is so underserved by tech The TV fashion startup Lola built, nearly pitched to Netflix, and ultimately walked away from, and why somebody should still build it Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCUvzve_1iY 🔔 Like, share & subscribe for more honest tech talk. 🎧 Listen on Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts. 📩 Email us: help@lostintechpodcast.com 🐦 Follow on X/Twitter: @LostInTechPod Show Notes - Subscribe to Lost in Tech: Letters — https://open.substack.com/pub/lostintechletters

    38 мин.
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Welcome to Lost in Tech! Each week, Lola and Mamuna dive into the tech industry, sharing insights and opinions, and answer questions and letters from our listeners. Expect honest conversations, relatable stories, and a touch of humor as we navigate the complexities of tech careers. If you have a question or dilemma, email us at help@lostintechpodcast.com or DM on Twitter @lostintechpod. If you're a tech professional, enthusiast, or simply curious about the tech industry, Lost in Tech is here to keep you informed and entertained. Subscribe, stay tuned and let's get lost in tech together!

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