# Rehash Podcast: A Slice of My Brain in 55 Minutes

*Tune in for a deep dive into fractional work, learning, AI, and building on Bitcoin*

By [Hard Mode First](https://hardmodefirst.xyz) · 2024-08-09

podcast, learning, fractional, work, startups

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Last week, Diana Chen interviewed me for the [Rehash](https://paragraph.xyz/@rehash/s9e3-bethany-crystal) podcast. We spoke about fractional work, AI, learning, and building on Bitcoin. It was the first time I've been interviewed, on a live stream, for 55 minutes straight, and we get in pretty deep to my current brain space. Welcome.

_Thanks to_ [_Diana Chen_](https://x.com/ddwchen) _for a really fun interview and to_ [_DeFi Beats_](https://x.com/defi_beats) _for nominating me._

**S9 E3 | Fractional Work, AI Learning Models, and Bitcoin Developer Ecosystem w/Bethany Crystal**
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[**by Rehash**](https://paragraph.xyz/@rehash/s9e3-bethany-crystal)

Tune in at:

*   [Apple](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s9-e3-fractional-work-ai-learning-models-and-bitcoin/id1620436349?i=1000664718358)
    
*   [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Vr2VxUh61trMtDXRAjzfl?si=dpxnuBc_QSykqxQQJXptrA&nd=1&dlsi=a48f3db71d7348b4)
    
*   [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dudm-7LlsnY)
    

[![](https://paragraph.xyz/editor/youtube/play.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dudm-7LlsnY)

In case you don't want to listen, here are five things that AI perceived as the most unique or interesting about this conversation:

1.  **Custom Job Role Creation**: We cover a lot of ground about my journey into fractional work, including my longtime pattern of proactively creating jobs for myself, both in a full-time and fractional capacity.
    
2.  **AI-Powered Leadership Team**: We talk about how I use AI to optimize my workflow, including a story about creating an AI-powered leadership team to assist me in a new job function.
    
3.  **Non-Traditional Learning Motivators**: Do you know _why_ you like to learn? I share that while motivation to learn is often fueled by pure curiosity, sometimes it can be led by a different energy, like frustration or anger.
    
4.  **Decoupling Passion from Income**: In a fractional capacity, you have a lot more wiggle room to place with diversifying income streams; I share how I sometimes separate high-paying work from what I’m most passionate about, using the former to “buy” time to spend on other projects.
    
5.  **Potential of Bitcoin Development**: In the last five minutes, we talk about my new role on the board at [Hiro](https://www.hiro.so/), and Bitcoin's large market cap as untapped potential, and the wide open developer space for future builders.

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*Originally published on [Hard Mode First](https://hardmodefirst.xyz/rehash-podcast-a-slice-of-my-brain-in-55-minutes)*