There are only four skills: design, technical, management and physical — LessWrong
Lightcone[1] operates on a "generalist" philosophy. Most of our full-time staff have the title "generalist", and in any given year they work on a wid…
x There are only four skills: design, technical, management and physical — LessWrong World Modeling Frontpage 2026 Top Fifty: 15 % 194 There are only four skills: design, technical, management and physical by habryka 19th Apr 2026 12 min read 123 194 Epistemic status: Completely schizo galaxy-brained theory Lightcone [1] operates on a "generalist" philosophy. Most of our full-time staff have the title "generalist", and in any given year they work on a wide variety of tasks — from software development on the LessWrong codebase to fixing an overflowing toilet at Lighthaven, our 30,000 sq. ft. ca
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