Technical Skills Transfer: A Harvard MBA Researched a Drug With Just a Claude Subscription
brandon_galang · x · 2026-10-30
brandongalang responds to evisdrenova: technical skills are, at their core, the result of figuring out how something actually works — and that depth-seeking ability transfers. The best salespeople are doing countless specific technical things right.
- evisdrenova's original point: not being a biologist doesn't stop you from doing AI×Bio — a Harvard MBA researched and got a drug created with just a Claude subscription.
- brandon adds that his industrial engineering background lets him see everything as a factory to optimize, and in the AI era learning through metaphor has never been easier.
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