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Am I the Genius?

What’s Life Like Working With Billionaires?

Am I the Genius?

amithejerk.com

Education, Self-improvement

4.6766 Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 24 minutes

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0:00.0

What's Life Like Working with Billionaires?

0:04.0

Years ago, a friend of mine's dad was trying to sell his startup company and picked up an

0:08.1

investor at the airport. He was proud of his classic Rolls-Royce and noticed the investor

0:12.7

looking around, playing with the air vents. So he said, is this your first time in a Rolls-Royce?

0:17.5

And the guy said, no, but it was his first time in the front seat. That's a flex.

0:23.3

He managed time very differently than anyone I was used to. Like our meeting with him began

0:27.9

precisely on schedule, lasted 30 minutes and there was no chit-chairs. Before this meeting,

0:32.7

we had a pre-meeting with his admin to discuss expectations. The admin explained that we had

0:37.4

to be on time,

0:38.3

no introductions or titles, just name, no small talk, no marketing, be prepared to answer

0:43.2

technical and financial questions quickly and succinctly. For the latter, if there were numbers,

0:48.0

we had to know precisely which page of the material had the information. When the meeting took

0:52.2

place, we were bought in exactly to the second at the

0:54.8

starting time. Sat down and within 30 minutes, he was asking us all manner of questions. I had to field

1:00.4

technical questions that appeared to be asked not so much for whether my answer was right,

1:04.7

but that I didn't hesitate. I also gained a healthy respect for my manager as he was sharp

1:09.7

and answered quickly and accurately.

1:11.6

I didn't realize that the act of driving is some peasant crap till I met them.

1:15.6

I work for a major corporation.

1:17.6

One of my colleagues started talking to a director as they were leaving once.

1:21.6

They were both walking towards the train station, and she assumed he was also getting a train.

1:25.6

As they got there, a limo pulled up and he nonchalantly

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