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Published · transcript-backedAndrew Ambrosino: uncertainty
28 Jun 2026 Lenny's Podcast OpenAI Codex lead on the new shape of product work | Andrew Ambrosino
“I failed for, I don't know, somewhere between 10 and 15 years before getting to this point.”
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- Speaker
- Andrew Ambrosino
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- Claim type
- uncertainty
- Recorded
- 28 Jun 2026
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
Transcript context
…2,000, this sucks. I failed for, I don't know, somewhere between 10 and 15 years before getting to this point. So I'm still surprised every day that things are going well. And I know it. I think this is really important for people to hear. That you can have a lot of things not work out and then things start to work out super well and it's just keep going and keep learning. I imagine is a lesson. Well, with that, we reached our very exciting lightning round. I've got five questions for you. Are you ready?…
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