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> Across his various startups, Peter has seen two kinds of work: > 1. the "IQ 180" work. some mad scientist genius type comes up with some crazy solution you'v
by NickNaraghi 20d ago
> Across his various startups, Peter has seen two kinds of work:
> 1. the "IQ 180" work. some mad scientist genius type comes up with some crazy solution you've never thought of.
> 2. the "token spewer" work. being ultra responsive, pushing the ball forward across dozens of different fronts.
Interesting comp to pg's Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule https://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html https://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html
I'm curious about not only which of these roles models will fill, but also how they will empower us to be in the mode we prefer.
- kridsdale1 20d agoI conceive of this as Protoss vs Zerg. I’ve had a lot of success in my career following a Zerg strategy.
- leoh 20d agoZerg rush
- drxzcl 20d agoWe call it Ravenclaw vs Hufflepuff. I guess it's a generation thing.
- theshrike79 18d agoThat's been my goal too, know a bit of everything - enough to know it exists and maybe Know A Guy I can ask if I need to know something more specific. Now in many cases the "Guy" is an LLM. I know enough to know when the LLM is bullshitting me and when I need to consult an actual human.
- charv 20d ago> July 2009 > Thanks to Sam Altman, … for reading drafts of this. Oh how times have changed!
- satvikpendem 20d agoHave they? Some say he's still reading those drafts, along with everything else on the Internet.