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← Competition drives skill, and sparing young people the struggle only defers it.

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Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Competition drives skill,and sparing young peoplethe struggle only defers… LF Lex Fridman — holds since 2025-09-30 To compete with limited resources, scope down who you are building for as much as possible and solve the problems of specific people. To compete with limitedresources, scope down… TA Tuomas Artman — holds since 2024-02-28 The best way to hire engineers is a coding contest, because competition leads to progress and picks the most qualified people for the task. The best way to hireengineers is a coding… PD Pavel Durov — holds since 2025-09-30 Systematising principled decision-making with AI is now the line between staying competitive and not; there is no position in between. Systematisingprincipled… RD Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-06-10 Doing your best at a bad job is not for the boss: it is how the warm referral that gets the next job is earned, and slacking there cheats only yourself. Doing your best at abad job is not for the… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08 The competitive threat to a small software company is a team of two or four working under the same constraints, never the behemoth. The competitive threatto a small software… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-07-26 At the far end of the curve it is a bargain not only to do exceptional work but merely to attempt it, because so few people even try. At the far end of thecurve it is a bargain… PG Paul Graham — holds since 2023-10-01
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