A new Vega Podcast episode for those who look for reinforcement in daring, exploring, and crafting their unique path.

We are joined by Pierre-Louis Soulié, a robotics graduate from UC Berkeley, who went on a journey from studying micro-engineering at EPFL to practising product design at Polimi while living, working, and studying across five different countries.

In the episode, Pierre shares what he learned from operating on the edge between engineering and design, talks about his current lifestyle in San Francisco, and gives notes on the mindset dynamics between the US and Europe.

All topped with AI recourses, startup aspirations, and, of course, great inspo takeaways.

Enjoy!

P.S. If not for that one blog post from the “Ambitious and Driven” curated by Anirudhh Ramesh, this episode would not have happened  Would highly recommend to check it out (linked below)!

Mentions and recommendations from the episode:
- Interview with Pierre for the “Ambitious and Driven” blog: https://www.ambitiousxdriven.com/p/berkeley-withings-and-leaving-engineering
- The Human-Centered Design Toolkit by IDEO: https://www.ideo.com/journal/design-kit-the-human-centered-design-toolkit
- Book “The Creative Act: A Way of Being” by Rick Rubin: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60965426-the-creative-act
- Book “Siddhartha” by Hermann Hesse: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52036.Siddhartha

AI resources:
- ChatGPT (don’t pretend as if you’ve never heard of it): https://openai.com/index/chatgpt/
- Vizcom: https://www.vizcom.ai/ 
- Claude: https://claude.ai/login?returnTo=%2F%3F

Follow Pierre on social media:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pierrelouissl/
Website: https://plsoulie.vercel.app/
Instagram: @andeolll