Paths, Puddles, Products - A Walk Across the Generation Gap

A Walk Across the Generation Gap

06/27/23 • 47 min

On different attitudes towards work across two generations with our guest Balázs Fejes.

This is our second guest episode, recorded between concerts at Primavera Sound Festival, where Anikó and her brother Balázs, who lives on the other side of the globe, reconnect each year. We walked around the parks of Barcelona, discussing the diverse values that drive our two very different careers.

The path we took:

Getting to know Balázs, who manages product teams across the APAC region from their office in Hong Kong.
Why our episodes can sound like two aliens talking to someone in the same field, but in a different generation.
The place for pro bono work, social impact projects, and charity.
How two people with similar personalities and environments can end up with wildly different value sets and career paths.
Productivity metric-driven teams, and high performers taking our jobs.
And where to start anew when AI takes over the world.

Grab your headphones and a bottle of water, and head to your favorite park to walk with us!

Ps. If you want to chime in, DM us or leave a comment on our Instagram - we're @paths.puddles.products and would love your feedback!

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On different attitudes towards work across two generations with our guest Balázs Fejes.

The path we took:

Getting to know Balázs, who manages product teams across the APAC region from their office in Hong Kong.
Why our episodes can sound like two aliens talking to someone in the same field, but in a different generation.
The place for pro bono work, social impact projects, and charity.
How two people with similar personalities and environments can end up with wildly different value sets and career paths.
Productivity metric-driven teams, and high performers taking our jobs.
And where to start anew when AI takes over the world.

Grab your headphones and a bottle of water, and head to your favorite park to walk with us!

Ps. If you want to chime in, DM us or leave a comment on our Instagram - we're @paths.puddles.products and would love your feedback!

★ Support this podcast ★

Previous Episode

Impact Driven Choices on a Winding Career Path

On how our need for impact and value creation affects our career choices.

This time we climbed the hills of Normafa with the dogs, watched out for the boars, and talked about some projects we worked on from the perspective of an impactful career.

The path we took:

An unexpected career move and how it fits or does not fit in our impact-driven pattern.
The triangle of impact, fulfillment, and stress in our work projects.
Structure in working environments: the structure of processes and the structure of a well-planned and communicated strategy.
Direct and indirect impact: the impact of education or tool development versus projects directly affecting environmental or societal issues.
A trip down memory lane with our favorite impact projects.
Expectations versus reality - what we wanted to achieve in these projects versus how they turned out.
And a look into the crystal ball to see what an impactful career in the future could look like.

Grab your headphones, and head to the closest hill to walk with us!

Ps. If you want to chime in, DM us or leave a comment on our Instagram - we're @paths.puddles.products and would love your feedback!

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Next Episode

People, Planet, Profit

On working towards social and environmental impact as an entrepreneur.

For this guest episode, angel investor turned social impact entrepreneur Antal Károlyi joined Juli and the dogs for a walk on Margaret Island.

The path we took:

Steps from being an investment banker to being a good person, through startup investments and impact projects.
The limits of the angel investor role and the missing "why" of startup pitches.
Impact investing and social enterprises, and why making money and having a purpose should not be contradictory.
If you should start your career by working for your passion or for money.
How finding an issue close to you can maximize your impact and can fuel your passion.
The triple bottom line of B-Corps and a new definition of success.
And if you can still have a life with the responsibility of a social impact project on your shoulders.