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Podcast: Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth
Episode: From ChatGPT to Instagram to Uber: The quiet architect behind the world’s most popular products | Peter Deng
Description: Peter Deng has led product teams at OpenAI, Instagram, Uber, Facebook, Airtable, and Oculus and helped build products used by billions—including Facebook’s News Feed, the standalone Messenger app, Instagram filters, Uber Reserve, ChatGPT, and more. Currently he’s investing in early-stage founders at Felicis. In this episode, Peter dives into his most valuable lessons from building and scaling some of tech’s most iconic products and companies.What you’ll learn:1. Peter’s one‑sentence test for hiring superstars2. Why your product (probably) doesn’t matter3. Why you don’t need a tech brea...