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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How Superhuman Built an Engine to Find Product Market Fit

firstround.com review.firstround.com

Startup Growth and

high-skill immigration, since foreign-born geniuses starting American companies—in green energy, yes, but also in software and beyond—is perhaps the greatest free lunch in all of economics.

Derek Thompson • A Simple Plan to Solve All of America’s Problems

If you put in the hard work necessary to become a Great PM, you will create tremendous career optionality and time optionality for yourself. And you will leave a lasting imprint on the companies and industries you work in. All on your own terms.

Linkedin • Good Product Managers, Great Product Managers

The State of Frontend in 2022

Gergely Orosz newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com

Building software and

The rise of Flashbots has sprouted an interest in MEV among the entire Web3 ecosystem. Competitors have appeared in Ethereum, such as Manifold , which competes with Flashbots in the block-building space with non-compliant OFAC blocks.

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

Reorgs are also how teams grow. I remember fondly earning the right to reorganize because we secured new funding or I found a structure that empowered an up-and-coming leader. Team members who thrive are those who figure out how to embrace the opportunities that come with change.

Substack • 🐝Survival Tips for Team Leaders: Reorg Edition

Finding Purpose in Tech Careers: The Explorer, the Journeyman, and the Healer

Adam Harmetz blog.mindthebeet.com

Jobs of the Future and

We conclude that while DAOs are not organisations (in a traditional sense), they are collectives exhibiting some degree of organisationality which they enact through communication events and processes.

Daniel Ospina • What's a DAO? Conceptual Foundations

A natural forest is illegible. A tangle of plants. This is inconvenient from the standpoint of harvesting lumber. How do you quantify yield? Can you even make a meaningful map of this mess? Much easier to clear the forest and plant a legible “scientific” forest. Uniform rows of trees that produce good lumber. Now we can count the trees, make a map,... See more