Julian Paul
@julian
Rational optimist building internet things.
Julian Paul
julianpaul.me
On the hiring line
There have always been two sides: Hiring people to do tasks and jobs, or hoping to be hired to do those tasks and jobs.
The difference now is that it’s increasingly difficult to find a good job to get hired for, and easier than ever to be the person who hires an AI or a person to do a task.
Our understanding of ‘entrepreneur’ needs... See more
There have always been two sides: Hiring people to do tasks and jobs, or hoping to be hired to do those tasks and jobs.
The difference now is that it’s increasingly difficult to find a good job to get hired for, and easier than ever to be the person who hires an AI or a person to do a task.
Our understanding of ‘entrepreneur’ needs... See more
On the hiring line
Embracing oddball ideas in writing and entrepreneurship, and reframing money as life-improving tool versus self-worth scorecard.
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And so if there is any metric that you know, like, or have some feel, it's that. It's before you publish it, you're like, this is the craziest shit I've ever said in my life. And I'm embarrassed to hit publish. But I think almost that's what you need to make it work.
And so when we pitch psychology money to all the big publishers, a lot of it wasn't
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silentsongs.com
The secret of life is to have a task, something you devote your entire life to, something you bring everything to, every minute of the day for your whole life. And the most important thing is—it must be something you cannot possibly do.
– Henry Moore (sculptor)
“If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one discovers that it is not boring at all.” ― John Cage
san francisco has a strange gravity, attracting people who want to build the future, and also those who want to be seen building the future. the result is a city that can feel incredibly performative, especially within the startup bubble.
a lot of “founders” aren’t actually building much. instead, they’re posting, going from one event to the other,... See more
a lot of “founders” aren’t actually building much. instead, they’re posting, going from one event to the other,... See more