In a conversation with Shane Hastie, John Gesimondo, a seasoned software engineer at Netflix, discusses the intersection of generative AI and mental health. With a background in business and a self-taught journey in engineering, he applies his insights, shaped by his ADHD and autism traits, to optimize workplace experiences. His recent talk at QCon, titled 'Achieving Sustainable Mental Peace at Work,' focuses on how generative AI can be leveraged to support mental wellbeing, offering a framework for integrating technology into daily life and work processes effectively.
Well, organic. I basically just started using generative AI for basically everything in my life. There's people at work that made fun of me for this.
I found quite a lot of sticky areas with a lot of value that were actually in this work adjacent/work support space.
I've been working at Netflix for the last six years, doing various things, mostly internal tools, and this will be relevant later, but I have ADHD and definitely some traits of autism.
I'm super keen on software in the tooling space, and then I really enjoy optimizing life, especially thinking about mental health and how that touches on technology.
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