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🚨 Welcome back to this special edition of LinkedIn News Tech Stack 🚨 Chipmaker NVIDIA has emerged as the biggest winner of the AI gold rush 💰, propelling the Silicon Valley-based company to the trillion-dollar club. But what's responsible for the company's roaring success? 📈 According to CEO Jensen Huang, it's the bet the company made on not just building an accelerated computing platform, but also creating an ecosystem around its products. "Our perspective wasn't to build a great graphics chip — our perspective was to enable the applications to somehow be better," he said. "We had to shape, shift and inspire an entire industry to follow." Last week, tech editor Tanya Dua was at #TiEcon2024 in Santa Clara where Huang and other tech heavy-hitters like Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora spoke — sharing their perspectives on the rise of AI while also reflecting on where they see it going next. Here are the top takeaways — share your own in the comments below if you attended the conference.

Having trouble setting better habits? The answer might lie in adopting a “ritual” mindset. We’re talking all about this at #HelloMondayPodcast Office Hours inspired by our episode with “The Ritual Effect” author Michael Norton. Join us on the LinkedIn News page, Wednesday May 8th at 3pm.

Europe is a big missed opportunity for growth-stage B2B startups. Here’s why, according to Frontline Ventures' Brennan O'Donnell, who joins us for this week's VC Wednesdays.

Are you feeling “behind” in your career? Put that to a stop. 🛑 “Don't think about needing to be at a certain place at a certain time,” says Career Coach Andrew LaCivita. Take inventory of the skills you need to get to the next level and build on them while in your current role, suggests LaCivita. “How you are moving at any moment in time is to me more important than where you are at any moment in time.” What steps have you taken to maximize your career potential? Tell us in the comments. For more content about navigating your job search subscribe to #GetHired: https://lnkd.in/get-hired Listen to Andrew Seaman’s full episode with Andy LaCivita here: 🎧 Apple: https://lnkd.in/dqvK6i3S 🎧 Spotify: https://lnkd.in/e_UsEmtT

An internship isn’t just a way for students to fill time over the summer — it’s a way to kickstart a career. A recent LinkedIn analysis found that people who have held internships are likely to land their first full-time role faster than those who haven’t. It also showed that former internship experience can be particularly useful in specific roles. In 2023, the job functions that had the largest share of entry-level talent with prior intern experience were consulting (33.7%), legal (32.5%) and business development (31.4%). That means nearly one-third of early-career professionals in those roles have prior work experience. The job functions with the smallest share of early-career professionals with intern experience include real estate (5.4%), customer success and support (8.7%) and operations (8.8%). Necessary learning for these roles can potentially happen on the job — and all require skills young professionals can cultivate outside of an internship, such as communication and  research skills. Do these findings align with your experience? Has an internship impacted your career trajectory? Weigh in below. And read more about this story here: https://lnkd.in/dTiXtXKr #GetStarted ✍️: Taylor Borden, Rachel Cromidas 📊: LinkedIn's Economic Graph

Ann Hiatt cut her teeth working for some of Silicon Valley’s most impactful leaders, starting in Jeff Bezos office during the foundational years of Amazon, then joining Google to work with Marissa Mayer and later, Eric Schmidt. Hired as Mayer’s executive business partner on Google’s Product team in 2006, Hiatt was essentially her right hand and deputy in developing key products like Street View, Maps and Navigation. “My first few weeks on the team, I was working 18-hour days, quite literally,” Hiatt recalled. “I didn’t get up from my desk, so much so that I would often miss lunch just because I didn’t even realize the time had passed. I felt like I was kind of buried in this avalanche of tasks and had to kind of dig my way back up to the top.” Eventually, she started to feel like she was getting the hang of things but then a moment of unexpected critical feedback from Mayer led her to completely rethink how she approached her job. Read below this week's #Catalyst newsletter to learn about the “incredible light bulb moment” that changed the course of Hiatt’s career and her great advice for anyone feeling overwhelmed by their inbox. 

Are you letting your to-do list get in the way of your higher purpose at work? Ann Hiatt cut her teeth working for some of Silicon Valley’s most impactful leaders. Landing her first job in Jeff Bezos’ office in the early days of Amazon, she moved on to Google to support Marissa Mayer in product development and later became CEO Eric Schmidt’s chief of staff. In her first few months as Mayer’s deputy, Hiatt found herself working long hours, rarely getting up from her desk and often missing lunch so she could check off everything on her to-do list. She felt like she was getting the hang of things but a moment of unexpected critical feedback from Mayer led her to completely rethink how she approached her job. Watch the video to learn about the “incredible light bulb moment” that changed the course of Hiatt’s career. How do you make sure emails and meetings don’t overwhelm your work day? Share your tips in the comments! And don’t forget to subscribe to the #Catalyst newsletter here for more insights and inspiration: https://lnkd.in/e-RYcKD5

🇨🇦 Welcome to the Evening Wrap-Up: TikTok makes its U.S. move; Apple’s slimmed down event, and more news. * Dig deeper into today's stories: [https://lnkd.in/dXFW5X2C] * Thanks to Daniel Vardi and Randall King for insights on TikTok's trials and tribulations. * Tell us: How do you think this whole TikTok thing will shake out? * Team EWU: John C Abell Jake Perez Cate Chapman Jessy Bains Alessandra Riemer Max Lockie

🇺🇸 Welcome to the Evening Wrap-Up: TikTok makes its move; Apple’s slimmed down event, and more news. * Dig deeper into today's stories: [https://lnkd.in/de6bxB3M] * Thanks to Daniel Vardi and Randall King for insights on TikTok's trials and tribulations. * Tell us: How do you think this whole TikTok thing will shake out? * Team EWU: John C Abell Jake Perez Cate Chapman Jessy Bains Alessandra Riemer Max Lockie

What’s the best way to explain a gap in your resume? Whether your break from work is due to parenthood or caring for an elderly parent, you just have to “own it,” says PepsiCo Sr. Director of Talent Acquisition Lisa Ashworth. "At one point it was a little bit of a stigma, and maybe we looked at it in a negative way. That’s not the case anymore,” adds PwC Onboarding Leader Rod Adams. How have you address a gap in your resume? Tell us in the comments. For more content about navigating your job search subscribe to #GetHired: https://lnkd.in/get-hired