What Thuan Pham thinks about ambition

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Uber's first Chief Technology Officer, from 2013 to 2020; later CTO of Coupang and of Faire.

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1. 1 Apr 2026

   Our readingStanding still is now falling behind: as the world speeds up, complacency is the one professional habit that is fatal.

   Their wordsComplacency is death. I mean like every the world will move faster and faster and the moment we stand still we are falling behind.

   ↗Scaling Uber with Thuan Pham (Uber's first CTO)youtube.com 21st of 24 in this recording