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Elena Verna • Why I Quit Full-Time Roles
wow, this just made me realize “insights per minute” is the metric I want to optimize for - both personally, and for Sublime. what I’ve realized about myself is that the thing I really love to do, that I hope I get to do until I die is help people by unlocking an insight, a new way of seeing, an idea that accelerates some part of what they’re doing, a thought or a person they hadn’t discovered before.
When I hear people say things like “our goal is to be at 5mm ARR by 2024” I always get a little sad and uncomfortable. I don’t have quantifiable goals like that. And if I do, any number I choose feels arbitrary. My goals are usually more qualitative - to create simple, delightful products that are meaningful for the people they serve, to create dig
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Technology changes fast, people change slow
even if you make something truly great, it will still take many years before society catches up and figures it out
crazy about ideas. serious about people.
(inspired by Tony’s Chocolonely)
when everything is hyper-optimized, go raw
from Martina Navratilova
"Labels are for filing. Labels are for clothing. Labels are not for people."