~ 10 mins
Reflection
Startup vs FIRE
How I went from startup-pilled to FIRE-pilled now back to startup-pilled.
Blog
You should know
My intention with this blog is communicate how I think 😃 not to persuade or sell.
All
Thought
Opinion
Experience
Explanation
Product
Reflection
~ 2 mins
Thought
Why I try to believe everything is easy
How I think about complexity and how to unmask it into manageable steps.
tldr: It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy.
~ 2 mins
Thought
I love not understanding things.
How I learned to change the way I look at puzzling new concepts.
tldr: Trying to understand hard things compounds positively and brushing confusion under the rug compounds negatively.
~ 5 mins
Experience
How I work with anyone, no matter how they communicate.
How I approach communicating with people that don’t fit my communication style.
tldr: Establish good intentions, assume them of others, and work backwards from what they say to their intentions.
~ 2 mins
Opinion
Writers can write anything. Programmers can't.
The difference between writing and coding.
tldr: Coding is not creative expression.
~ 5 mins
Experience
What I learned from ambitious rich kids
My observations and takeways from growing up knowing lazy rich kids vs meeting ambitious rich kids.
tldr: Money is fuel
~ 1 mins
Opinion
Why tech is magic
Why I feel tech is magic and how I think about making more magic.
tldr: Layers of abstraction make magic.
~ 2 mins
Opinion
Why I try to be vain
How I look at vanity & why I think its useful in small doses.
tldr: A little bit of conscious vanity has asymmetric upside.
~ 5 mins
Experience
How anyone can get good results without going insane
My mentality behind good results, and how i came to this conclusion.
tldr: Don't try to win, do the thing that ensures winning is inevitable.
~ 2 mins
Product
Why i built youshouldworkwith.com
Why I decided to build youshouldworkwith.com, who it's for, and what I hope it achieves.
tldr: A la YC, I solved my own problem
~ 3 mins
Explanation
Why this blog exists
What my intentions are with this blog and what they are not. What I want the reader to get out of it, and why I wrote this post.