My Way

I’m tired of compromising on the vision I have.

Compromise is natural in a W2 job. This isn’t a “they don’t see my genius” kind of thing. My coworkers are all great.

It’s more a class of values - I have a vision for the values I want to see in the software and tools I write. Sometimes I don’t do the best job of building towards those values, and that’s what great about cofounders - they see gaps in your thinking, they challenge you.

But working at a large organization, you have to constantly compromise your values. A certain workflow has too much friction, you have to 2FA too frequently, you can’t get buy in for a project that you know makes sense.

It’s not that I’m bad at getting buy in - I’m good at getting buy in. I do it all the time.

I’m just sick of it. I want to build things how I want to build things. I’m sick of convincing people, all the time, day in and day out.

I’m tired of arguing, fighting battles. The status quo bias sickens me.

What I build will have “status quot bias rules everything around me” as a core thesis. The only constant is change.

An organization is a giant tool, and I want to build beautiful tools.