The Hacker Way
At its core, hacking is an approach to problem solving. It is both humble and optimis…
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Time > Money
Time is the only truly scarce resource we possess. We should spend it with a level o…
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Say No
I joined Facebook when there were around a dozen engineers. There wasn’t any formal…
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Ask For Help
Last week I wrote about a time when many of my colleagues knew there were issues aff…
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Give Hard Feedback Fast
I recently wrote about a time at Facebook when I got some hard feedback that changed…
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Be Kind
I almost got fired once. My friend, and CTO at the time, Dustin Moskovitz pulled…
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The Path Matters
Let's imagine I were able to travel through time and I went back to my 2004 self and…
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Conspicuous Absence
None of us are born leading others but we are raised with an image of leadership thro…
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Convincing Failure
A team faces a decision. They have a goal in mind but there are two approaches and no…
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Shoshin
I have written a lot recently about the challenges I faced after being summarily re…
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Blind to Bias
If you aren’t a white man the ensuing text may be face-palmingly obvious. But for peo…
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Damn the Org Chart
We've all inherited the same rough idea of how big corporations are supposed to behav…
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Feedback Is A Gift
There is only one acceptable response when someone gives you feedback: “Thank You.”…
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Influence Over Authority
My role exposes me to a lot of career conversations. I meet a lot of people pursuing…
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Service Oriented Organization
When I first joined Facebook there was an unhealthy tension between engineering and o…
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Proportional Response
A couple years ago a friend and colleague pulled me aside after a series of long deba…
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Ask for Advice, Not Permission
One of the most common anti-patterns I see that can create conflict in an otherwise c…
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Brands Are Tools To Help Humanity Scale
Here’s a fun exercise: find an object near you and ask yourself why it was created p…
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The Impact Trap
Imagine your goal is to climb the highest mountain. The problem is you are in a forei…
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CTFOIGT
A few years ago I was working on a new design for Facebook Groups. We were a small te…
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Sense of Urgency
I once had the good fortune to visit the kitchen at The French Laundry. The kitchen…
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Communication is The Job
There are a lot of people who build things in Silicon Valley. They spend their time…
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Say Yes
The natural instinct when presented with a new idea is to point out all the problems…
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Take Longer Vacations
We often measure leaders by their dedication. We measure them by their commitment to…
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Speak in Stories
I still remember the first time a girl I liked passed me a note in high school. We we…
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