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Career Ladder’s Max Klymenko on creator inequality, AI anxieties, and his world tour
Max Klymenko boasts more than 16 million followers and last year was named the TikTok Awards UK & Ireland’s creator of the year. In his most popular series, the “Career Ladder,” he stands on a ladder across from a guest and attempts to guess their current job in under two minutes — or the first job of high-profile guests, from the new UK prime minister to Will Smith and Gordon Ramsay.
TL;DR
- Max Klymenko is a TikTok creator with over 16 million followers.
- He won TikTok Awards UK & Ireland's creator of the year.
- His popular series is called "Career Ladder".
- In "Career Ladder," Klymenko guesses guests' jobs in under two minutes.
- Guests have included high-profile figures like the UK prime minister, Will Smith, and Gordon Ramsay.
- Dylan Wells is the Creator Host of Washington Post Creator.
- Wells focuses on the intersection of traditional and creator journalism, and the creator economy.
- Wells previously worked as a national political reporter at The Washington Post.