Luc Cheung
@luccheung
Luc Cheung
After 10 years of building consumer social apps, I've decided to start exploring new areas. Building these products is an unforgiving grind—but I learned a lot along the way.
For those embarking on this path, here's everything you need to know:
TIME FOR A THREAD 👇
Nikita Biertwitter.com
Stories of reaching Staff-plus engineering roles - StaffEng
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Unsurprisingly, hiring friends and former colleagues was by far the biggest channel. This also in part explains why multi-time founders, and anyone with a large network (e.g. Y Combinator), have an advantage:
“All of our early hires were friends/ex-coworkers.”
“First hires were practically all former colleagues. Several people who worked with me in... See more
Lenny Rachitsky • Hiring your early team
All of my startup experience summed up:
The right person with the precise right focus and completely unshackled is 10x as effective as 10 pretty smart people working hard in a vague general direction
Austen Allredx.comBe bold
I believe that it’s easier to do a hard startup than an easy startup. People want to be part of something exciting and feel that their work matters.
If you are making progress on an important problem, you will have a constant tailwind of people wanting to help you. Let yourself grow more ambitious, and don’t be afraid to work on what you... See more
I believe that it’s easier to do a hard startup than an easy startup. People want to be part of something exciting and feel that their work matters.
If you are making progress on an important problem, you will have a constant tailwind of people wanting to help you. Let yourself grow more ambitious, and don’t be afraid to work on what you... See more
Sam Altman • How to Be Successful
IVF powered by artificial intelligence | Alife
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Healthcare and
Anyone can say no to crappy opportunities. Only a master will say no to good opportunities. If you don’t say no to good opportunities, you’ll never have the time to pursue great opportunities.
Saying no is hard. Nobody knew that better than Steve Jobs, who said:
Saying no is hard. Nobody knew that better than Steve Jobs, who said:
People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not... See more
fs.blog • The Focus to Say No
Coinbase Blog
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