Agency vs brain damage - by Chris Hua
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Some common statements I've heard recently: "working at this big company is so boring, I spend all my time sitting in meetings and writing docs" "working at this startup is so chaotic, everything is on fire, we've pivoted five times and I have no idea how to fix it" "being an over-funded pre-idea startup founder is so hard, I only had time for a 45 minute meditation session between my back-to-back coffee chats with friends" regynald@negroprogrammer day in the life of a startup founder in new york city 5:30 PM · Jun 21, 2022 24 Reposts · 660 Likes Let me posit a simple framework: the…
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