Salesforce Exec Tells Kids 'Hard Isn't Bad,' Then Tasks Them with Slackbot Chores
KEY POINTS
- ā¢Salesforce executive Andy White teaches both his children and entry-level employees about resilience amid rapid AI advancements.
- ā¢White manages Slackbot, an AI assistant, emphasizing that junior hires are tech-savvy but need persistence in challenging work.
- ā¢He cautions workers to verify AI information carefully, advising skepticism especially when citations are missing to avoid hallucinations.
Andy White, Salesforce's Senior VP of Business Technology and master of Slackbot implementation, doubles as a resilience guru for both junior hires and his own children navigating 2026's AI-shaped chaos. White's pearls of wisdom include 'Hard is hard, but isnāt necessarily bad' and 'Expectations are the destroyer of hope and joy,' which might explain why Slackbot sometimes hallucinates citations. He praises entry-level talent for knowing their AI tools but chides them for premature quitting, as theyāre apparently excellent at quitting before actually finishing a task. White also warns against 'overly confident' AIs ā yes, even Slackbot needs fact-checking to avoid wild AI fantasies. The fatherly advice extends to telling kids that if a citationās missing, youāre likely chatting with an AI ghost story.
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Teaching kids and junior workers that āHard isnāt badā while managing AI that canāt even handle basic fact-checkingāmodern parenting and tech leadership in sparkling harmony.
Nothing says 'resilience training' like relying on AI tools that think citations are optional fan fiction.
At Salesforce, entry-level workers master AI buzzwords but stumble on persistence; the new corporate motto: quit before you glitch.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 2/10/2026 | Author: Ana Altchek
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