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17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 23 Jan 2012 to 14 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under friendship friendship Everything filed under management management Everything filed under hiring hiring Everything filed under team size team size Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A leader's job is not to be liked but to grow people and help the team reach its goals. A leader's job is not to be liked but togrow people and help the team reach itsgoals. Last stated 3 weeks ago 14 Oct 2026 AR Ada Chen Rekhi — holds since 2026-10-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is a leader's responsibility to understand people's strengths and passions and to grow them into well-rounded team members. — tap to centre the map on it It is a leader's responsibility tounderstand people's strengths andpassions and to grow them intowell-rounded team members. Last stated 5 months ago 9 Jun 2026 RG Ron Goldin — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A leader has to hire people they would want to work for, strong talent trusted to go do the work and do it really well. — tap to centre the map on it A leader has to hire people theywould want to work for, strongtalent trusted to go do the work anddo it really well. Last stated 6 months ago 28 Apr 2026 PD Polly D'Arcy — holds since 2026-04-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most team members want more direction and feedback from their leaders, not less. — tap to centre the map on it Most team members want moredirection and feedback from theirleaders, not less. Last stated 3 weeks ago 14 Oct 2026 AR Ada Chen Rekhi — holds since 2026-10-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Leaders should lead through influence and example rather than through control. — tap to centre the map on it Leaders should lead throughinfluence and example rather thanthrough control. Last stated 7 years ago 9 Sept 2019 SS Steph Smith — holds since 2019-09-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Making a team happy is not a manager's job, and a manager who cannot disappoint their reports will never lead effectively — tap to centre the map on it Making a team happy is not amanager's job, and a manager whocannot disappoint their reports willnever lead effectively Last stated 3 weeks ago 8 Oct 2026 CM Charity Majors — holds since 2026-10-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: People love leadership, including the leadership they complain about, and there is something wonderful about being part of a group that is being led. — tap to centre the map on it People love leadership, includingthe leadership they complain about,and there is something wonderfulabout being part of a group that isbeing led. Last stated a year ago 18 Sept 2025 TL Tobias Lütke — holds since 2025-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Work with people you want to become like, because you will — tap to centre the map on it Work with people you want to becomelike, because you will Last stated 3 years ago 1 Jul 2023 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2023-07-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A leader who projects unflappable seriousness causes their team to hide problems and honest feedback. — tap to centre the map on it A leader who projects unflappableseriousness causes their team tohide problems and honest feedback. Last stated a year ago 5 May 2025 KN Ken Norton — holds since 2025-05-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: A city of only the very rich and very poor is one of masters and slaves, without friendship — tap to centre the map on it A city of only the very rich andvery poor is one of masters andslaves, without friendship AR Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: A very long life would not grow boring, because pleasures spaced far enough apart do not wear out. — tap to centre the map on it A very long life would not growboring, because pleasures spaced farenough apart do not wear out. Last stated 5 months ago 16 Jun 2026 PB Paul Bloom — holds since 2026-06-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: After age 30 people start seeing friends less, and older men especially are left with no social life. — tap to centre the map on it After age 30 people start seeingfriends less, and older menespecially are left with no sociallife. Last stated a month ago 30 Sept 2026 PL Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A few senior individual contributors can be paid VP money and still cost less than the layered product org they replace. — tap to centre the map on it A few senior individual contributorscan be paid VP money and still costless than the layered product orgthey replace. Last stated 3 months ago 2 Aug 2026 TV Tom Verrilli — holds since 2026-08-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A functionally organised engineering team seizes up at around a hundred people, because every feature then has to be negotiated against every other team's bandwidth. — tap to centre the map on it A functionally organised engineeringteam seizes up at around a hundredpeople, because every feature thenhas to be negotiated against everyother team's bandwidth. Last stated 7 months ago 1 Apr 2026 TP Thuan Pham — holds since 2026-04-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A group of fewer than four people is not a team: it behaves like a set of individuals, and a single departure knocks it back into maintenance. — tap to centre the map on it A group of fewer than four people isnot a team: it behaves like a set ofindividuals, and a single departureknocks it back into maintenance. Last stated 8 years ago 14 Jul 2018 WL Will Larson — holds since 2018-07-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO cannot be a calibrated interviewer for every role, so insisting on interviewing every candidate makes hiring worse rather than better. — tap to centre the map on it A CEO cannot be a calibratedinterviewer for every role, soinsisting on interviewing everycandidate makes hiring worse ratherthan better. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Dec 2024 CM Charity Majors — holds since 2024-12-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company hiring a designer is not hiring a politician or spokesperson, so it should just get into the design work. — tap to centre the map on it A company hiring a designer is nothiring a politician or spokesperson,so it should just get into thedesign work. Last stated a month ago 29 Sept 2026 DM Danny Martinez — holds since 2026-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company is not sensitive to the few thousand dollars a candidate is afraid to ask for, because the fully-loaded cost of employing them dwarfs it. — tap to centre the map on it A company is not sensitive to thefew thousand dollars a candidate isafraid to ask for, because thefully-loaded cost of employing themdwarfs it. Last stated 15 years ago 23 Jan 2012 PM Patrick McKenzie — holds since 2012-01-23 — tap for who they are
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At the centre A leader's job is not to be liked but to grow people and help the team reach its goals. Last stated 14 Oct 2026 · 3 weeks ago Holds Ada Chen Rekhi Read this korrent →