CMO @psumvc, building @cursor_ai, used to @stripe @stripepress @figma & wax about company culture (koolaidfactory.com), 1/3 of @redqueenpod
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I'm writing a book for early career operators.
More bright ambitious people should experience the magic of being successful at work.
If you're in the first 5 years of your career, not a manager, and want to help shape the book / get your burning worklife questions answered, sign up here!
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Lots of cool ways to help & meet other talented people!
the definition of "developer" is changing
After 15 years working in tech, I have come to view company walls as a semi-permeable membrane for talent.
People work together at multiple companies over the course of their careers. We refer our favorite teammates to each other. We get feedback on new work from old colleagues. We work here but do a project over there, and our bosses don’t usually mind.
Silicon Valley is very positive sum and generous that way. Sure we compete on the day-to-day but in a broad sense we like to share our resources.
It’s of the reasons I love working for Colossus / Positive Sum, and particularly for @patrick_oshag . Lending an unusual degree of time and care to a company or a person feels natural.
Working full time for another (very demanding) startup for some months felt like a wacky experiment in that. It’s been surprisingly fulfilling on all sides.
And it makes me wonder about more ways we can lean into this philosophy.
I spent the last 60 days working at Cursor. It's been one of the most thrilling phases of my professional life.
There's a lot of mystique around the company. Over the last two months, some things matched my expectations; many did not.
I wrote an essay for @joincolossus about things that have surprised me about the company and its culture so far.
joincolossus.com/article/ins…
I spent the last 60 days working at Cursor. It's been one of the most thrilling phases of my professional life.
There's a lot of mystique around the company. Over the last two months, some things matched my expectations; many did not.
I wrote an essay for @joincolossus about things that have surprised me about the company and its culture so far.
joincolossus.com/article/ins…
Brie Wolfson retweeted
the function of your professional life is to find the most natural structure that allows you to turn the things you do as naturally as breathing and walking into compounding capital and enjoyment over decades
that might be a venture backed company.. but i would bet its not
.@ryolu_ on a page
watching Ryo build this with @cursor_ai over the course of 36 hours is making this whole no gap between idea and reality thing realer than ever.
the future is bright ✨
we saw a future where computers augment human intellect, where the gap between thought and creation disappears.
the future is near, but we're not there yet.
come build it with us:
cursor.com/future
new Cursor careers page.
new words. same ethos.
cursor.com/careers
i love this sweet little video
you can feel the fun and the focus.
exactly what cursor HQ feels like.
when you assign work to most people, they'll get it done via updates, quick syncs, not so quick syncs, re-scoping, re-prioritizing, feedback, more feedback, nudging, more nudging
and then there's that special group of people that you assign work to and it just gets done.
.@cursor_ai keeping y'all in flow since day 0. happy coding👩🏻💻
Graham’s concept of “grip” quite literally changed my life.
Today, we are releasing our written profile of @GrahamDuncanNYC free to all
Graham is one of the most interesting people I’ve met, and one of my favorite people, period
His investing career is singular, so the lessons detailed here are unique—especially “source”
Enjoy!
I really like Boz's essay on the topic but I wish it had a different title
"But believing deeply that I am responsible for how I make others feel has been life changing for me."
boz.com/articles/be-kind
this is a theme I'm starting to see more for @cursor_ai
people who already love programming are loving it even more
the future of software is bright ✨
I love this sweet little essay. This is what it feels like to work with @TerranMott every day.
.@joincolossus is becoming a place where everyone on the team sidequests into places that make their heart sing and we find a way to make it feel like part of the main thing.
In 1820s France, a teenager had an epiphany that would reshape how we think about mathematics, chemistry, even quantum computing. But he was killed in a duel before he turned 21.
His last communication with the world was a 60-page letter begging the trusted scholars of his day to "decipher all this mess."
The letter kicked off a project that required dozens of mathematicians and tens of thousands of pages across multiple languages. Naysayers said it was “little advanced beyond mathematical illiteracy.”
It took 150 years to untangle the boy's visions. Five people found the final missing pieces in 1985. Rather than limit their findings to journals, they created an absurdly large, bright red book, and called it an Atlas.
@TerranMott of @joincolossus and @psumvc has been collecting stories about how the Atlas came together.
It is the best story in math, and shows that even the most rational projects can take irrational persistence.
Something I learned from @patrick_oshag:
You must find the right container for your people
The container is the shape of the output coupled with the way to get there.
Right container = peak performance and satisfaction.
Wrong container = constant angst, low output, excuses