What's the future of hiring and skilling? / w/ Erran Berger, LinkedIn's VP for Product Engineering

In this special episode of The Boss's Code, I ask a simple but urgent question: what does it take to thrive professionally when everything around you is changing?

Erran Berger, VP of Product Engineering at LinkedIn, has spent over 15 years building the platform that holds the world's professional pulse. LinkedIn started as a place to park your résumé — today it's becoming something far more powerful: a navigator for your entire career in an AI-disrupted world. Erran joins me to break down how the platform is evolving, what AI means for recruiters, builders, and learners alike, and why the leaders and professionals who will win in this new world of work are the ones willing to jump headfirst into the unknown.

Segments:

00:00 - Intro: AI Skills Are Required for Every Job

00:53 - Meet Eran Berger, LinkedIn VP of Product Engineering

01:52 - Inside LinkedIn's Product Engineering Team

03:13 - How the LinkedIn Profile Has Evolved Since 2009

06:00 - Building Products for Recruiters, Sellers and Marketers

06:18 - LinkedIn Hiring Assistant: Automating the Toil

08:35 - Protecting Job Seekers from the Automated System

09:05 - JobMatch and Closing the Skills Gap

10:41 - The Economic Graph and AI-Powered Learning

12:44 - Showcasing Work Beyond the Job Description

13:30 - The Full Stack Builder Vision

17:53 - Why Domain Experts and Maestros Still Matter

20:39 - Expert Networks: What LLMs Can't Replace

22:33 - Building a Better LinkedIn Feed Through Intentionality

24:40 - Be Curious: The Career Strategy for the AI Era

26:20 - The Future Recruiter: Judgment, Creativity, Relationships

28:13 - Wrap-Up