Career Sabbaticals and Self Discovery 🔍 — with Thiago Ghisi

Today's guest is Thiago Ghisi! Thiago is former director of engineering at Nubank and with a long and successful tech career in companies like ThoughtWorks, Apple and more. But right now, he's on a sabbatical and he's been for more than six months. So get ready for an incredible chat where we talked about your identity as an engineering leader, psychology, Claude Code and more. (00:00) Preview (01:01) Introduction (03:25) Quitting the job (10:32) Planning during a sabbatical (14:03) Detaching from your work identity (20:31) Measuring progress (26:03) Finding yourself: Claude Code and second brain (33:34) The biggest revelations (45:22) Thiago's next chapter — You can also find this at: • 📬 Newsletter: https://refactoring.fm • 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7Luds9d... • 📱 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... — For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, or appearing as a guest, email: [email protected]