In this episode of the Remote Work Tribe podcast, we chat with Tyler Hochman, AI Solutions Architect and founder at FORE Enterprise. We cover how AI has raised the baseline for software engineers, what separates average AI users from elite ones, how to build a culture of experimentation inside a company, and more.
Episode timestamps:
- How did Tyler get into AI, and what does FORE Enterprise do? (0:23)
- The pivot from workplace turnover software to AI architecture firm. (2:23)
- How AI has raised the productivity floor for software engineers. (5:14)
- What separates a 60% AI user from a 90-95% one in engineering interviews. (7:23)
- Hiring for non-engineering roles and how AI changes those job descriptions. (10:23)
- Big data synthesis as the differentiator for elite salespeople using AI. (13:14)
- The most interesting AI application Tyler has built: parsing sports footage for scouting. (14:23)
- How to set internal KPIs and performance reviews around AI usage. (16:23)
- Using senior management to set baselines and weekly AI education for the team. (17:23)
- How to keep those baselines from going stale as tools evolve rapidly. (18:23)
- Building an experimentation culture and what that looks like day to day. (19:23)
- Tyler’s current obsession: image recognition and pixel quality with Gemini. (22:23)
- Lightning round questions. (24:23)
We hope you enjoy it!
Links mentioned on the podcast:
- foreenterprise.com
- Theremoteworktribe.com
- newsletter.theremotetribe.com
- Jessicamalnik.com