Rick Rubin

Produced major albums across genres: Beastie Boys, Johnny Cash (revitalized his career), Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica, Adele, and more

Co-founder of Def Jam Recordings, started in his NYU dorm room in 1984, pivotal in popularizing* hip-hop

Founder of American Recordings; earned multiple Grammy Awards including Producer of the Year

Known for merging rap with rock; produced Run-DMC and Aerosmith’s "Walk This Way" and Slayer’s "Reign in Blood"

Estimated net worth around $250 million

Renowned for a minimalistic, patient production style focusing on artist authenticity

Anderson Cooper

(interviewer)

Broadcast journalist and CNN

anchor

* of Anderson Cooper 360°, and a 60 Minutes correspondent

Graduate of Yale University (1989); began journalism in war zones. Has won 18 Emmy Awards, 2 Peabody Awards, and other honors.

Member of the Vanderbilt family (prominent American family known for

immense wealth

* built during the Gilded Age primarily from shipping and railroad empires)

Publicly came out as gay in 2012

Glossary

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pivotal in popularising

— very important in making something well-known

"TikTok was

pivotal in popularising

short videos"

🫧

an anchor

— something that holds firmly in place (

literal

: for ships;

figurative

: a steady, reliable person/thing that holds everything in place)

"The ship

dropped

an

anchor

in the bay"

"The

anchor

introduced the breaking news story"

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immense wealth — a very large amount of money & resources
"

The king had

immense wealth

from gold and land

"

1. Mixing up "due to" and "because"
📌 I was late due to I ordered taxi late
🫧 I was late because I ordered taxi late
🫧 My lateness was due to ordering taxi late

🌼Rule:

“because” goes with a clause (subject + verb, eg I ordered)
“due to” goes with a noun/...ing

2. Forgetting the verb “be” after subject
📌 The delay due to rain
🫧 The delay was due to rain

3. Using “due to” with a subject + verb
📌 The meeting was canceled due to it rained
🫧 The meeting was canceled due to rain
🫧 The meeting was canceled because it rained

4. Confusing the “scheduled” meaning
📌 I’m due to my homework now
🫧 I’m due to finish my homework at 8
🫧 My homework is due at 8 tonight

Transcript:
Last time I was job hunting, I applied to over 200 positions. Only once did I hear back from anyone. And that was when a recruiter called me to tell me that he found it unprofessional that I had listed "fluent in corporate bullshit" on the skills in my resume.

My response to that? Well,
I believe that this demonstrates my ability to leverage key synergies while proactively aligning cross-functional deliverables. I'd love to circle back on this to ensure alignment moving forward. Let's touch base ASAP and get some boots on the ground to ensure we have bandwidth.

To which he replied, “Wow, that sounds great actually. When can you come in?”

Glossary

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to leverage key synergies

- use combined strengths for extra benefit

🫧

to align cross-functional deliverables

- make sure teams from different departments agree on what they must produce

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to circle back

- return to a topic later

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to get some boots on the ground

- send people physically to a place to handle things directly