“What should I do?” Many people ask me this question: aspiring entrepreneurs looking for advice on how to start a business, friends who don’t know how to proceed with a love interest or a career choic
I’ve tried to write (what feels like) 15,000 versions of this essay. All of them ultimately cratered by the fact that it’s hard to write jocularly about deep emotional topics or emotionally about prac
An interesting note: I asked many people I respect to also share their advice, and most of it ended up being completely different from what both I wrote and within the group of respondents. So, I gues
Insofar as Putanumonit promotes a normative stance, it boils down to the following: Be savvy about statistics and research Be nice and cooperative Saying “sex is cool, but have you considered…” is coo
The Internet tailwinds that propelled Silicon Valley’s meteoric growth for decades are stalling out. The ripple effects will jolt the tech industry. In the late 1990s, the tailwinds began when Interne
(Originally published at Ribbonfarm .) In economics, a good is anything that "satisfies human wants and provides utility." This includes not just tangible goods like gold, grain, and real estate, but
Somebody asked me what I would do if I was 18 in 2016. It’s a good question because it’s such an odd time where old institutions and traditional thinking don’t really make sense anymore. I can’t say I
Sugary Drink Consumption Plunges in Chile After New Food Law A study finds that a landmark law requiring warning labels on unhealthy foods made a swift difference in purchases of sodas, bottled water
How to use your wife/husband/gf/bf correctly created: 2019-03-29 ; modified: 2019-03-30 Table of Contents Recently, I published Why You Should Start a Blog Right Now in which I tried to persuade my re
When I started dating my partner, I quickly noticed that grad school was making her very sad . This was shortly after I’d started leading an engineering team at Wave, and so the “obvious” hypothesis t
Design tips for developers Developers aren't well-known for their design skills. I suspect that poor design/UX in open source projects is the primary reason they aren't more successful. Usually the pr
January 2020 0: Getting Started Say you're working on a project somewhere. It might not even be a company. Nobody cares about what you're doing. How the heck will this turn into Stripe, for chrissake?
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I believe the average person has the aptitude to become a billionaire. We live in a dynamic world filled with dynamic people, meaning if I'm just an average person and I suddenly have the realization
Hey all, Ernie here with a fresh piece from Andrew Egan, who last hit us with a couple of holiday-themed pieces . This time around, he ponders how enterprise technology vendors screw up in totally hum
I turned 30 last week and a friend asked me if I'd figured out any life advice in the past decade worth passing on. I'm somewhat hesitant to publish this because I think these lists usually seem holl
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