The Digital Architect: Building an AI Career That Lasts

Jeremy Abel carried a graph pad through high school, drawing specs and blueprints for buildings he wanted to put up in New York City. Then an 11th grade drafting class taught by a burned-out retired architect talked him out of it. A friend showed him web development instead. Ten years later he'd been a developer at Bank of America, patented a model at Wells Fargo, joined Ally's first AI team, and left as Director of AI to start something of his own. In this episode he tells DeVanté about the manager who handed him a model and dared him to beat it, what it actually took to stop saying "I got this" and let his team do the work, why the delegation skills he resisted turned out to be the ones that matter in an agentic era, and the decision he knew he'd regret forever if he didn't make it. He's now co-founder and CTO of Ivy, an agentic video production platform. Jeremy on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jeremynabel/ Ivy: ivy.video Ctrl Shift is an interview podcast about the shifts people make in their careers and lives, and the shortcuts they pick up along the way. Hosted by DeVanté Pickering, Founder and President at Pick 2 Solutions. Follow to receive new episodes every other Thursday.