Tom So

@tomso

Deep into web3 social, bit of a generalist In the crypto rabbit hole (as I should). Also super into startups, everything social and community building. I usually read on product management and career development - I add engineering sprinkles to the mix bc why not

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A Simple Plan to Solve All of America’s Problems

Derek Thompson theatlantic.com

Progress Studies and

From Product Manager to Product Leader

Adam Harmetz blog.mindthebeet.com

Hiring Advice and

The size and sophistication of these models make it impossible to fully understand how they make predictions. They have billions of weights that interact in subtle ways to make a final prediction; looking at them is like hoping to understand psychology by examining individual brain cells. Even in academic settings with well-established models, the... See more

future.com • How Recommendation Algorithms Actually Work | Future - https://future.com/forget-open-source-algorithms-focus-on-experiments-instead

26: distinguish good strategy vs meh strategyGood: all about connecting the dots to get people from a to bIf you are given a metric, you have to get every artifact you have and match it to that goal.

Pay close attention to assumptions you are making unknowingly- look for confusion in people when you explain

33: when you start at a new company and... See more

Lenny Rachitsky • Jackie Bavaro on getting better at product strategy, what exactly is strategy, PM pitfalls to avoid, advancing your career, getting into management, and much more

Front-running is a predatory market behavior that arises due to information asymmetries created by different actors accessing privileged information. Front-running is one of the ways to access MEV, and selling clients' orders is equivalent to the public Ethereum mempool.

Gonzalo Hirsch • Enter the MEV Void: the Rise of Flashbots

Escaping the Build Trap: How Effective Product Management Creates Real Value

O'Reilly Media • 1 highlight

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Cover of Escaping the Build Trap: How Effective Product Management Creates Real Value

Product management and product design

Signature Economies

Kernel sign.kernel.community

Ownership Economy and Ethereum

Today’s thread is on “VC backchanneling” — how you can use it to your advantage as a founder. When I was a founder I knew that VCs all talked w/ each other. But boy, they really talk. Here’s how it works >>

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perspectives on funding and venture capital (VC) and Startup Finance

The importance of deep focus work in early startups specially for engineers