Technology

Silicon Valley Girl: AI, Tech and Career Growth

The world’s top CEOs and AI founders explain what’s coming next and how you can get ahead.
Silicon Valley Girl is a weekly AI and technology podcast from Silicon Valley hosted by female founder and angel investor Marina Mogilko, covering practical strategies for career growth, mastering AI tools, entrepreneurship and making money with AI.
For startup founders, professionals and creators who want to stay ahead in the AI era.

Latest Episodes:

Google’s James Manyika: Who Actually Gets Paid in the AI Economy Oct 16, 2026

Show notes

James Manyika runs research and labs at Google, and his team recently studied millions of real Gemini conversations to see how people use AI at work. In a typical job, it's only about a fifth of the tasks. I asked him what that means for your job and your salary, why he bet against the people who predicted half of white-collar jobs would disappear in two years, which three signals would change his forecast, and which AI breakthroughs are already in your life without you noticing.📩 Follow my Newsletter: https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/subscribe?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=futureproof-sub&utm_content=30-days-plan&utm_term=james-manyika

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠𝕏 : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/siliconvalleymm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

🔗 Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/siliconvalleygirl/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

💼 LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/marinamogilko⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

📌 My Companies & Products: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://Marinamogilko.co⁠

Brian Chesky: People Who Know What to Build With AI Will Pull Ahead Oct 12, 2026

Show notes

Brian Chesky built Airbnb into an S&P 500 company, and he says starting a business today is easier than it was 20 years ago.

In this episode we go step by step: how Airbnb is becoming AI-native, why chat is the wrong interface for most work, how Brian generates 30,000 ideas a year and picks the ones worth doing, why the phone is the enemy of focus, and the one habit that separates real builders from everyone else.

📩 7 skills that make you irreplaceable: https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/p/7-skills-that-make-you-irreplaceable-adc6?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=futureproof-sub&utm_content=7-Brian-Chesky

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠𝕏 : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/siliconvalleymm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

🔗 Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/siliconvalleygirl/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

💼 LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/marinamogilko⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

📌 My Companies & Products: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://Marinamogilko.co

Nobel Economist: Where He Sees The Real Money in AI | Daron Acemoglu Oct 09, 2026

Show notes

Daron Acemoglu is an MIT economist and a 2024 Nobel laureate in Economic Sciences. He believes some of AI’s biggest business opportunities are being overlooked—but where does he see the real money, and what should you learn to stay valuable?

In this episode, I ask Daron where founders should look for opportunities beyond the AI hype. We talk about why helping workers become more productive can be better for business than replacing them, why existing models are already powerful enough to build useful applications, and where high-quality data creates an advantage. Daron also shares what he would study now and why builders need to spend more time talking to workers.

Links:

📌 Subscribe to my free newsletter where I go deeper on AI tools, career strategies, and building with AI: https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/p/7-skills-that-make-you-irreplaceable-adc6?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=futureproof-sub&utm_content=7-skills&utm_term=daron-acemoglu

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠𝕏 : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/siliconvalleymm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

🔗 Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/siliconvalleygirl/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

💼 LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/marinamogilko⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

📌 My Companies & Products: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://Marinamogilko.co

OpenAI Co-Founder: Start Building With AI Before You Feel Ready | Greg Brockman Oct 02, 2026

Show notes

Greg Brockman co-founded OpenAI and previously served as CTO of Stripe. He believes AI could spark a massive renaissance of entrepreneurship—but what should we actually build when the models keep getting better?

In this episode, I show Greg the AI app I created to prepare for our interview and ask how to make it more ambitious. We talk about what makes an AI product worth paying for, why domain expertise matters more than ever, and how founders and small-business owners can use AI today.

Links:

📌 Subscribe to my free newsletter where I go deeper on AI tools, career strategies, and building with AI:

📩 Follow my Newsletter: https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/subscribe?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=futureproof-sub&utm_content=GregBrockman

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠𝕏 : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/siliconvalleymm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

🔗 Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/siliconvalleygirl/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

💼 LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/marinamogilko⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

📌 My Companies & Products: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://Marinamogilko.co

TOP 10 Highest-Paying Jobs for the next 10 years (and 5 jobs that have NO future) Sep 29, 2026

Show notes

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects which jobs will grow through 2035, and it rated 831 occupations by how much of the work AI can do or help with. I went through the data to find the careers where demand is growing, what they pay, and what it takes to get in.We rank 10 growing careers by median salary, from management analysts at $101,860 to computer and information systems managers at $175,140. You'll see why nurse practitioners are the fastest-growing occupation in the country, why software developers are still projected to add 174,700 jobs, and which six-figure healthcare job sits in the lowest AI exposure group. Then we look at the five occupations shrinking fastest and what they have in common.At the end, I show you a simple exercise from Stanford economist Erik Brynjolfsson. Split your last two weeks of work into define, execute and evaluate. Pick one repetitive task, try it with AI, and check the result. Then decide what responsibility you want to grow into with the time you get back.📌 FREE: my 20-minute AI agent setup — no code needed. Subscribe to Future Proof for the free guide →https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/p/your-first-autonomous-agent-in-20-min-5429?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=futureproof-sub&utm_content=first-agent&utm_term=10professions 🎧 *Full conversation with Erik Brynjolfsson:* https://open.spotify.com/episode/3lyMQ1Qg7ybNJIgAmAzq97?si=8JYKTMIxS_aKYidy2AfcZw

*Sources:*BLS Employment Projections 2025–2035: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecopro.nr0.htmBLS AI exposure categories: https://www.bls.gov/emp/publications/ai-exposure-categories.htm*Links:*📩 7 skills that get you promoted —⁠https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/p/7-skills-that-make-you-irreplaceable-adc6?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=futureproof-sub&utm_content=7-skills ⁠

𝕏 : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/siliconvalleymm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

🔗 Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/siliconvalleygirl/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

💼 LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/marinamogilko⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

📌 My Companies & Products: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://Marinamogilko.co

$13B Lovable Co-Founder: Build a Profitable AI Product From Scratch in 30 Minutes Sep 25, 2026

Show notes

Anton Osika runs Lovable, one of the fastest-growing AI companies in the world, and he's done with the words "vibe coding." Vibes work for a demo, but people now run real businesses on Lovable.

In this episode we go step by step: how to turn a tool you built for yourself into a real business, how to set up a backend without knowing how to code, and how to price your product. And as building gets easier every month, Anton names the one skill that matters most for an AI founder right now.

*The website Anton improved for Marina:* https://marinamogilko.co/

📩 Follow my Newsletter: https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/p/the-one-prompt-you-should-run-every-month-d907?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=futureproof-sub&utm_content=one-prompt&utm_term=anton-osika

𝕏 : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/siliconvalleymm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

🔗 Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/siliconvalleygirl/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

💼 LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/marinamogilko⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

📌 My Companies & Products: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://Marinamogilko.co

Superhuman CEO: AI Moved the Career Ladder (Most People Don't See It Yet) | Shishir Mehrotra Sep 08, 2026

Show notes

Shishir Mehrotra ran product for YouTube, founded Coda, and has sat on Spotify's board for over a decade. He now runs Superhuman, the company behind Grammarly, which 40 million people use every day.In this episode, he reverses the career advice he gave for twenty years — stop trying to be a great executor, start learning to manage. He explains why the best jobs never come through the recruiting funnel, walks through the framework he built at Google for how promotions actually work, and points to the moment mid-career where the rules quietly change and most people panic. He pushes back on the word "replaced," gives away the interview question he used for hundreds of hires until he talked about it publicly too much, and shares what Bill Campbell told him in 2000 that changed how he measures his own success.

📩 7 skills that get you promoted —https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/p/7-skills-that-make-you-irreplaceable-adc6?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=futureproof-sub&utm_content=7-skills

𝕏 : ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/siliconvalleymm⁠⁠⁠⁠

🔗 Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/siliconvalleygirl/⁠⁠⁠⁠

💼 LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/marinamogilko⁠⁠⁠⁠

📌 My Companies & Products: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://Marinamogilko.co

Top 1% Career Playbook: How to Get Hired in the AI Era Sep 04, 2026

Show notes

Seven people who run companies employing more than 30,000 people answer the same question: who are you hiring right now? Sal Khan, Yamini Rangan, Aaron Levie, Luana Lopes Lara, Grant Lee, and Conor Grennan get unusually specific about what they look for in you before the interview starts and what makes them say yes. And Ryan Roslansky, who ran LinkedIn for six years, opens up LinkedIn's own data. By the end, you have a step-by-step plan for getting hired in 2026.

📩 Follow my Newsletter: https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/p/7-skills-that-make-you-irreplaceable-adc6?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=futureproof-sub&utm_content=7-skills

𝕏 : ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/siliconvalleymm⁠⁠⁠⁠

🔗 Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/siliconvalleygirl/⁠⁠⁠⁠

💼 LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/marinamogilko⁠⁠⁠⁠

📌 My Companies & Products: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://Marinamogilko.co

Andrew Ng: The Biggest Opportunities in AI Aren't Where You Think Aug 28, 2026

Show notes

Andrew Ng co-founded Coursera, built the founding team at Google Brain, and has taught roughly 8 million people AI.

In this episode, he pushes back on the AI job panic making the rounds this year, walks through the actual math on how much of a job AI can automate, and explains why he thinks universities are still teaching students for a job market from 2022. He also gets specific about what he looks for when hiring marketers, recruiters, and ops people now — and admits that despite building his career on AI education companies, AI is currently terrible for learning.

📩 Follow my Newsletter: https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/p/your-first-autonomous-agent-in-20-min-5429?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=futureproof-sub&utm_content=first-agent

⁠⁠⁠⁠𝕏 : ⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/siliconvalleymm⁠⁠⁠

🔗 Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/siliconvalleygirl/⁠⁠⁠

💼 LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/marinamogilko⁠⁠⁠

📌 My Companies & Products: ⁠⁠⁠https://Marinamogilko.co

Stanford's AI Economist Names the Jobs That Won't Exist in 5 Years | Erik Brynjolfsson Aug 21, 2026

Show notes

What if the highest-paying jobs today are the ones disappearing first?Erik Brynjolfsson is Stanford's leading AI economist,director of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab, and one of the most cited voices on how technology reshapes the workforce. He's spent decades studying which jobs getdestroyed, which get created, and who wins in everymajor shift.In this Moment, Erik Brynjolfsson names the specific professions being replaced right now, why radiologists are thriving while paralegals are losing ground, and the one skill he believes every worker needs to become the CEO of their own AI agents.

Listen to the full episode here!

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2mqN4S2Q48iHMyBKSBFey8?si=vqmIay61RLGyZl9RWoHzVw

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/il/podcast/silicon-valley-girl-ai-tech-and-career-growth/id1819090545?i=1000777720945

Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/72duHF7iZiU?si=YSY7h6rPhR9-A4yW

Our TOPPODCAST Picks

Follow Us

Stay Connected

Silicon Valley Girl: AI, Tech and Career Growth

Related Podcasts

Links

Stay Connected