somewhere along the line we morphed "bad working environment" and "hard working environment" together and transferred the sins of the former to the latter.
this piece by Brian Armstrong got a lot of shit, but i think the underlying premise is valid. it is hard enough to try to solve one big problem, let alone to be on the hook for all the other problems plaguing the world
Formal Structure (Hierarchy) Informal Structure (Influence) Value Creation Structure (Reputation)
I recently left Stripe after 4.5 formative and magical years. Some reflections on what made working at Stripe feel different than working other places:
1/Turpentine
2/Writing
3/Meticulousness
4/Principled decision-making
5/Ambition
6/Talking up
7/The... See more