Episode 427: AI’s not for everything

Alex Confer from Risotto joins the pod this week to discuss IT career development and what it’s like to move to the world of startups. The conversation also touches on how to evaluate what AI is good for in 2025 including what’s practical, what’s not, and how to put things together.

Hosts:

• Tom Bridge, CTO, I.M.P. Concerts – @tbridge@theinternet.social
• Marcus Ransom, Senior Sales Engineer, Jamf – @marcusransom
• Selina Ali, Product Manager, Addigy – LinkedIn

Guests:

• Alex Confer, Co-Founder, Risotto – LinkedIn

Links:

• The Katering Show – Hot Wet Rice ​​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yr_etbfZtQ
• Form follows function – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Form_follows_function
• Alex on the Mac Admins slack – @aconfer
• https://tryrisotto.com/
• Avoiding brainrot and keeping mental friction: https://pauljun.substack.com/p/anti-slop-and-anti-brainrot
  

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