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Features work as a management control because they manifest in the final product, and their relationship to programmer-hours is about as close to linear as you’re going to get.

I initially did this solely for monetary gain. But then when I started getting deeper into it, I found community. I met real dope people that were really there for me. I found newer forms of creativity that I didn't even think I had. I feel like being a community leader is a creative to a great extent as well. And that changed my whole outlook on w... See more

That deep thinking and speed are combined with a substantial amount of user focus and user empathy. And finally, Stripe is a humble and low-entitlement culture .

How to stop procrastinating:

Stripe and Google both have long-term big visions and optimism about the impact technology can have on people’s lives .

I do want to hit mainstream, and I will, but I think I'm more excited about what we’re doing here because it's new soil. We're really planting the seeds of a garden that's gonna prosper.

The Build It stage ends when management and the squad jointly believe that this product fulfills the basic narrative and is good enough to start releasing to real users.

Problem 2: The need for a central source of truth - A change in plans (whether it was a priority or a launch date) was impossible to coordinate across all of these documents.