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Advice for young scientists—and curious people in general
From Farnam Street: “If you want to make progress in any area, you need to be willing to give up your best ideas from time to time.” | learn more
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Working from home productivity data from 150,000 employees
“Workers accomplished the same amount but spent 2 hours more per day (7h vs 5h) at the office. So despite a reduction in commute hours, this company’s productivity declined (defining productivity as output per hour.)” | learn more
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Rules of ignition
“Beneath every big talent lies an ignition story – the famously potent moment when a young person falls helplessly in love with their future passion.” | learn more
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Fierce nerds
“There has never been a better time to be a nerd. In the past century we’ve seen a continuous transfer of power from dealmakers to technicians — from the charismatic to the competent — and I don’t see anything on […]
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How to miss a deadline
“Projects are always on the frontier, combining elements and ideas and effort to do something that’s not been done before, not quite the way we’re doing it here and now. And so, bold projects sometimes fail to make their deadline. […]
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Forget about the boss—what’s the right thing to do here?
“Important lessons in your career can come from brief interactions with effective leaders. I had one of those interactions with Charlie Bell at Amazon 20 years ago, and I’ve never forgotten it.” | learn more
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Are you an ideal team player?
“It’s time to change the way we prepare people for success, says Patrick Lencioni. Drawing from his own observations, he makes a compelling case that, in our increasingly team-oriented world, the key to success is being humble, ambitious and smart.” | learn […]
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How to think for yourself
A Paul Graham essay: “There are some kinds of work that you can’t do well without thinking differently from your peers. To be a successful scientist, for example, it’s not enough just to be correct. Your ideas have to be […]
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What’s going on here, with this human?
Recruiting is hard. “My goal in this essay is to help others make better decisions on a potential hire, business partner, or even life partner as quickly and as accurately as possible. It’s made up of suggested action steps and some […]
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How Coinbase is rethinking compensation
Coinbase’s latest changes should inspire us all. They’re going to pay 75th percentile compared to a peer group of big tech companies, removing all negotiation from offers and adopting annual equity grants instead of traditional 4-year grants. “Eliminating negotiations doesn’t […]