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Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under innovation innovation Everything filed under AI and jobs AI and jobs Everything filed under hiring hiring Everything filed under design design Everything filed under physics physics Everything filed under software quality software quality Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Jumping into problems you're not yet equipped to solve, even if it leads to mediocre engineering, is a healthy way for young people and students to learn and grow. Jumping into problems you're not yetequipped to solve, even if it leads tomediocre engineering, is a healthy way foryoung people and students to learn andgrow. Last stated 3 months ago 9 Jul 2026 AK Andrew Kelley — holds since 2026-07-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A young engineer may attempt what nobody has ever done, but if somebody has already done it they are obliged to call that person and hear their advice. — tap to centre the map on it A young engineer may attempt whatnobody has ever done, but ifsomebody has already done it theyare obliged to call that person andhear their advice. Last stated 2 months ago 28 Jul 2026 BS Blake Scholl — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Encouraging experimentation and opening opportunities requires much more tolerance of mediocrity — tap to centre the map on it Encouraging experimentation andopening opportunities requires muchmore tolerance of mediocrity Last stated 10 years ago 27 Feb 2017 MG Malcolm Gladwell — holds since 2017-02-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Redefining the engineer's job as building guardrails is not novel — it is the same problem as making a junior engineer effective, which we never solved either. — tap to centre the map on it Redefining the engineer's job asbuilding guardrails is not novel —it is the same problem as making ajunior engineer effective, which wenever solved either. Last stated 4 months ago 27 May 2026 DR Dax Raad — holds since 2026-05-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Engineers are hired to create business value rather than to program things, and the only goals are adding revenue and cutting costs. — tap to centre the map on it Engineers are hired to createbusiness value rather than toprogram things, and the only goalsare adding revenue and cuttingcosts. Last stated 15 years ago 28 Oct 2011 PM Patrick McKenzie — holds since 2011-10-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Skipping the thinking and the design altogether with AI tools is kind of dangerous; you have to go slow to go fast. — tap to centre the map on it Skipping the thinking and the designaltogether with AI tools is kind ofdangerous; you have to go slow to gofast. Last stated 5 months ago 28 Apr 2026 PD Polly D'Arcy — holds since 2026-04-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Early schooling is not for accumulating knowledge but for booting up a brain, and physics does that better than any other subject. — tap to centre the map on it Early schooling is not foraccumulating knowledge but forbooting up a brain, and physics doesthat better than any other subject. Last stated 12 months ago 17 Oct 2025 AK Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2025-10-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: If engineers do not hold themselves to a high standard and build efficiently, somebody else will come along and impose it on them. — tap to centre the map on it If engineers do not hold themselvesto a high standard and buildefficiently, somebody else will comealong and impose it on them. Last stated 2 months ago 12 Aug 2026 CM Charity Majors — holds since 2026-08-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: If you are not willing to try hard, do things yourself and dig deeper, you should know what you are getting yourself into before betting a career on tech. — tap to centre the map on it If you are not willing to try hard,do things yourself and dig deeper,you should know what you are gettingyourself into before betting acareer on tech. Last stated 4 months ago 24 Jun 2026 NE NeetCode — holds since 2026-06-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it A company can run at a fast pacesustainably without constantoverwork or undue stress Last stated 4 years ago 4 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A growth mindset means telling students the truth about their achievement and helping them improve — tap to centre the map on it A growth mindset means tellingstudents the truth about theirachievement and helping them improve Last stated 11 years ago 22 Sept 2015 CD Carol Dweck — holds since 2015-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A life spent without taking bets on being early on an idea is one not lived to the fullest — tap to centre the map on it A life spent without taking bets onbeing early on an idea is one notlived to the fullest Last stated 2 years ago 8 Jun 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-06-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Clear, hierarchical goals turn a random walk into a chase — tap to centre the map on it Clear, hierarchical goals turn arandom walk into a chase MC Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi — holds since c. 1996 — tap for who they are Same subject: Every company eventually must fight for its life instead of running from the battle — tap to centre the map on it Every company eventually must fightfor its life instead of running fromthe battle Last stated 15 years ago 13 Nov 2011 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-11-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Everything around us exists because someone pushed it through with tenacity: the world is a museum of passion projects. — tap to centre the map on it Everything around us exists becausesomeone pushed it through withtenacity: the world is a museum ofpassion projects. Last stated 4 years ago 25 May 2022 JC John Collison — holds since 2022-05-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Reaching a growth mindset is a journey, not a declaration — tap to centre the map on it Reaching a growth mindset is ajourney, not a declaration Last stated 11 years ago 22 Sept 2015 CD Carol Dweck — holds since 2015-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Students need new strategies and input from others, not just sheer effort, to learn — tap to centre the map on it Students need new strategies andinput from others, not just sheereffort, to learn Last stated 11 years ago 22 Sept 2015 CD Carol Dweck — holds since 2015-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: The future will be defined by people who learn, not people who know. — tap to centre the map on it The future will be defined by peoplewho learn, not people who know. Last stated 2 weeks ago 27 Sept 2026 MG Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Jumping into problems you're not yet equipped to solve, even if it leads to mediocre engineering, is a healthy way for young people and students to learn and grow. Last stated 9 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago Holds Andrew Kelley Read this korrent →