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Everything filed under management management Everything filed under hiring hiring Everything filed under team size team size Everything filed under empathy empathy Everything filed under design design Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The best project managers are usually not the strongest technical individual contributors. The best project managers are usually notthe strongest technical individualcontributors. Last stated 2 years ago 16 Mar 2025 BK Ben Kuhn — holds since 2025-03-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: A few larger teams under experienced engineering managers outperform many tiny teams each led by a working tech lead. — tap to centre the map on it A few larger teams under experiencedengineering managers outperform manytiny teams each led by a workingtech lead. Last stated 3 years ago 5 Jan 2024 CM Charity Majors — holds since 2024-01-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: A portfolio that could be one-shotted, or that looks very familiar next to someone else's, is going to put hiring managers off. — tap to centre the map on it A portfolio that could beone-shotted, or that looks veryfamiliar next to someone else's, isgoing to put hiring managers off. Last stated a month ago 29 Sept 2026 DM Danny Martinez — holds since 2026-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: An engineering manager should support six to eight engineers: fewer and they drift into being a tech lead, more and they can only be a coach. — tap to centre the map on it An engineering manager shouldsupport six to eight engineers:fewer and they drift into being atech lead, more and they can only bea coach. Last stated 8 years ago 14 Jul 2018 WL Will Larson — holds since 2018-07-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: As soon as founder mode is an established idea people will misuse it: founders excusing an inability to delegate, and managers deciding to act like founders. — tap to centre the map on it As soon as founder mode is anestablished idea people will misuseit: founders excusing an inabilityto delegate, and managers decidingto act like founders. Last stated 2 years ago 1 Sept 2024 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2024-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Clinical guidelines can influence insurance coverage and drug pricing. — tap to centre the map on it Clinical guidelines can influenceinsurance coverage and drug pricing. Last stated 3 weeks ago 16 Oct 2026 JG Jennifer Gunter — holds since 2026-10-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Craft is a competitive strategy rather than a nicety: a company wins by having the best craft and the best design, so that is what it should hire for. — tap to centre the map on it Craft is a competitive strategyrather than a nicety: a company winsby having the best craft and thebest design, so that is what itshould hire for. Last stated a year ago 16 Oct 2025 DF Dylan Field — holds since 2025-10-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Demoting drugs to a lower tier based on cost can create a self-fulfilling prophecy regarding their clinical use. — tap to centre the map on it Demoting drugs to a lower tier basedon cost can create a self-fulfillingprophecy regarding their clinicaluse. Last stated 3 weeks ago 16 Oct 2026 JG Jennifer Gunter — holds since 2026-10-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Developers who adopt AI coding agents eventually become managers of those agents rather than hands-on coders. — tap to centre the map on it Developers who adopt AI codingagents eventually become managers ofthose agents rather than hands-oncoders. Last stated 5 months ago 17 Jun 2026 ES Elio Struyf — holds since 2026-06-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company should stay small until it reaches product/market fit, so it can still pivot. — tap to centre the map on it A company should stay small until itreaches product/market fit, so itcan still pivot. Last stated 8 years ago 11 May 2018 MM Matt Mochary — holds since 2018-05-11 — 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: "Diversity" in practice means aiming for fewer white men in positions of authority. — tap to centre the map on it "Diversity" in practice means aimingfor fewer white men in positions ofauthority. Last stated 7 years ago 19 Nov 2019 JP Jordan Peterson — holds since 2019-11-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A candidate needs prestige or wealth, while talent and even genius matter little to success — tap to centre the map on it A candidate needs prestige orwealth, while talent and even geniusmatter little to success GB Gustave Le Bon — holds since c. 1895 — 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: 'Do not do to others what you would not want done to you' cannot be a universal law of morality — tap to centre the map on it 'Do not do to others what you wouldnot want done to you' cannot be auniversal law of morality IK Immanuel Kant — holds since c. 1785 — tap for who they are Same subject: A Black writer is needed to portray Black life truly, and white people from a Black standpoint — tap to centre the map on it A Black writer is needed to portrayBlack life truly, and white peoplefrom a Black standpoint AC Anna Julia Cooper — holds since c. 1892 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country that turns its experiences of desertion into competition instead of common cause produces avengers rather than answers. — tap to centre the map on it A country that turns its experiencesof desertion into competitioninstead of common cause producesavengers rather than answers. Last stated a week ago 29 Oct 2026 AG Anand Giridharadas — holds since 2026-10-29 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The best project managers are usually not the strongest technical individual contributors. Last stated 16 Mar 2025 · 2 years ago Holds Ben Kuhn Read this korrent →