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People would rather apply to 100 companies using the same low-effort resume and remain unemployed for six months than take the time to apply to five g
for those asking: do something. help the person out, provide a favor, build something cool in public. this is how you get jobs and the attention of jo
good UI isn’t about ‘looking nice’ - it’s the scaffolding of cognition. it shapes how we think, move, and decide in digital space.
He was developing his eye, absorbing into his bones the lesson that good design is not mere decoration or ornament, but a paring away to help an objec
Right now our attention spans have never been more exhausted nor our patience more threadbare. Any who pays a moments notice to such matters can feel
Sublime is an ethos-driven company. Here is what we believe: Intention > Attention The destruction of our attention compromises our ability to make su
One of the hardest and loneliest battles you’ll have to fight as you work to build the life you want is maintaining unwavering self belief that you wi
Every tough-as-nails person you meet, has had sink or swim moments in life - and they chose to swim. Never count those people out, and if that's you
they're gonna hate me for this but i'll tell you. all you have to do to become the person you want to be is mimic your idea of that person. all the wo
Fantastic advice, for software builders: Headline driven development Here is a simple process for shipping software projects that works. First, deco
“You've got to start with the customer experience and work backwards to the technology. You can't start with the technology and try to figure out wher
when people build anything, they want want to be unique so they default to reinventing the wheel for everything for no reason. the best founders &
Never be boring. Be ridiculous. Absurd. But never be boring.
Writing is often treated as a project of making things, one piece at a time, but you write from who you are and what you care about and what true voic
As you get older you’ll find most people you meet are really only fleeting moments of your life, and that’s okay. That’s normal. That’s life. Ride the
I basically navigate the world by vibes, smelling out opportunity, people, places where I’m wanted.
the stuff you joke about (even ironically or whatever) has a way of shaping your reality so be careful and deliberate with that stuff. a lot of people
An interesting observation in Maslow's work on self-actualized people is that they tend to be less "introspective" than others. Meaning they spend les
@QiaochuYuan A good friend once said to me, “I don’t know, I just feel like everything in my life isn’t how it ought to be.” I asked her, “well, have
This is an important point. A lot of the most successful people, not just in startups but in many fields, do what they do because there's something th
In my experience successful people are successful because they have such enormous personal problems that literally becoming the best in the world is l
I'm drawn to the idea of building a "Calm" Company: • Sustainable growth • Working with friends • Small core team (<10 people) • Remote-first • No fi
