The Weakest Reliable Person Beats the Most Talented One

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Guest: Richard Brant
Speaker mapping confidence: high

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• 26:03–26:09 — Richard answers 'Reliability. Just be reliable' instantly, the surprise turning point of the whole interview.
• 27:35–27:41 — The striking line: the weakest reliable person beats the most talented unreliable one, the article's title moment.
• 29:28–29:34 — His visible warmth recalling the first student who got a job, his happiest moment, emotionally resonant.
• 02:50–02:56 — The origin insight in Chile: realizing everyone wanted developers but there were too few, the founding spark.

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• Speaker mapping correct (HOST vs GUEST not flipped)
• Every quoted sentence is verbatim from the transcript
• No invented facts or quotes
• Hero clip is the right moment, silent, loops cleanly
• Title + description (≤155 chars) + 4–6 tags present
• Guest name/bio + video link correct

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