I don't think it's that weird. In a boom cycle, it's not a great use of resources to try to really tighten up the manger/report ratios because the size of the org because the slack lets you grow faster. The higher the…
> I’m looking for AI that can do things other than make capitalism more efficient at parting people from their money. I think you're really under-estimating the positive, human value that can come out of what I'm…
I'm working on integrating AI into a product right now: IMO you want to look at what's happening now as more a shift in cost to develop and maintain - which itself is going to create qualitative differences. I can now…
IMO you want to distinguish between advice that is tactical and short term or strategic and long term. The best tactical advice tends to from people who were recently in a very similar position as you, had had…
Pre-pandemic, why would you risk testing out an unknown style of work and management that almost no one had experience with? Now there's a significant portion of the labor market that expects WFH, companies need to…
Talking to lots of middle and upper management, the primary complaints I hear are hard to measure - poorer communication, less alignment, less innovation, etc. None of this reduces the number of tasks being done, but…
> US spending per student is among the highest in the world by a large margin It is high, but not exceptionally high[0]. It is then worth remembering that the US overcounts spending on primary and secondary education…
> If I'm looking for a thing, and shown lists of things that match what I'm looking for, it's at least consensual behavior. An argument I find compelling here is as follows: sometimes I will look for something, and the…
> I've never heard of a tariff that is based on embodied carbon, percentage of slave labor that went into production of the good, or so on. The inherent assumption here is that a trusted body can be established for a…
> In this scenario that would drop his TDEE to 2395 calories per day. This is what naive calculations say, this is not what a DEXA scan says. His body is actively reducing calorie expendature well below what you would…
I think you misunderstand the failure mode. How do you measure calories out? Is that number static? How does it change over time? My father is obese, and has been for many years. At the weight he usually hovers at, his…
Retail not hiring people like you before the downturn as well. Your resume now signals "white collar upper-middle class" and retail will assume: - You'll still be looking for work when you join - You can't/won't work…
The OP is wrong, log levels are very valuable if you leverage them. Here's a classic problem as an illustration: The storage cost of your logs is really prohibitive. You would like to cut out some of your logs from…
This actually touches on one of SV's durable advantages in the software world: the realization that if you want good software your engineers must be involved in the requirements gathering, design, and scoping phases.…
Previously worked on the intersection of ML and Material Science (specifically batteries). I think the link to osium-ai[0] tells the story pretty well. Material science is plagued by long, expensive, exploration phases…
I think this is the parent comment's complaint, no? Go back a decade and the rate of improvement in phones meant there was reason to be buying a new one every year (just like computers in 90s). Now that innovation is…
Two things have made startups significantly less attractive than they were in the 90s: 1. A substantial fraction of successful exits are now acquisitions. If you have ever been a part of an acquisition you know that…
One of the great UX features of printing is that it is a quick way to have an auditable form of state over time. I look at states 1-n, compare and contrast, which my debuggers don't make as easy. I'd add many people…
I agree with this directionally but think you're a little over-pessimistic. First, IME it suffices to join an organization poised for rapid growth. This can still happen in large tech companies. Second, while luck…
Lot of poorly thought out stuff here, I suspect the author is young and lacks real world experience running a business. > If 10x engineers truly exist, why do pay scales intra company not cover a 10x spectrum? The value…
Probably not a good idea to judge all of EA but SBF. EA long predates SBF and had some huge wins by seriously asking the question "which charities save the most lives per dollar?" (technically: Quality Adjusted Years of…
Seeing this right now on the product side. I can't give away untuned GPT3.5, much less sell it. GPT4 is the absolute floor for what I can sell without setting up a pipeline.
"Perfectionism" ends up being too vague IMO. I'd call myself a perfectionist in that I really want complete and correct solutions to problems and for everything to be "just so". What was crippling in my early career was…
Having taken part in many build-vs-buy decisions, there are no easy answers. The overriding factors in most decision relate to the specifics of the business. Some very common reason for buy decisions: - You don't…
> So it doesn't get changed or improved, and it can never be replaced. It is the incumbent that blocks progress. A technological quagmire we can't extricate ourselves from. This describes almost every tool in my…
I don't think it's that weird. In a boom cycle, it's not a great use of resources to try to really tighten up the manger/report ratios because the size of the org because the slack lets you grow faster. The higher the…
> I’m looking for AI that can do things other than make capitalism more efficient at parting people from their money. I think you're really under-estimating the positive, human value that can come out of what I'm…
I'm working on integrating AI into a product right now: IMO you want to look at what's happening now as more a shift in cost to develop and maintain - which itself is going to create qualitative differences. I can now…
IMO you want to distinguish between advice that is tactical and short term or strategic and long term. The best tactical advice tends to from people who were recently in a very similar position as you, had had…
Pre-pandemic, why would you risk testing out an unknown style of work and management that almost no one had experience with? Now there's a significant portion of the labor market that expects WFH, companies need to…
Talking to lots of middle and upper management, the primary complaints I hear are hard to measure - poorer communication, less alignment, less innovation, etc. None of this reduces the number of tasks being done, but…
> US spending per student is among the highest in the world by a large margin It is high, but not exceptionally high[0]. It is then worth remembering that the US overcounts spending on primary and secondary education…
> If I'm looking for a thing, and shown lists of things that match what I'm looking for, it's at least consensual behavior. An argument I find compelling here is as follows: sometimes I will look for something, and the…
> I've never heard of a tariff that is based on embodied carbon, percentage of slave labor that went into production of the good, or so on. The inherent assumption here is that a trusted body can be established for a…
> In this scenario that would drop his TDEE to 2395 calories per day. This is what naive calculations say, this is not what a DEXA scan says. His body is actively reducing calorie expendature well below what you would…
I think you misunderstand the failure mode. How do you measure calories out? Is that number static? How does it change over time? My father is obese, and has been for many years. At the weight he usually hovers at, his…
Retail not hiring people like you before the downturn as well. Your resume now signals "white collar upper-middle class" and retail will assume: - You'll still be looking for work when you join - You can't/won't work…
The OP is wrong, log levels are very valuable if you leverage them. Here's a classic problem as an illustration: The storage cost of your logs is really prohibitive. You would like to cut out some of your logs from…
This actually touches on one of SV's durable advantages in the software world: the realization that if you want good software your engineers must be involved in the requirements gathering, design, and scoping phases.…
Previously worked on the intersection of ML and Material Science (specifically batteries). I think the link to osium-ai[0] tells the story pretty well. Material science is plagued by long, expensive, exploration phases…
I think this is the parent comment's complaint, no? Go back a decade and the rate of improvement in phones meant there was reason to be buying a new one every year (just like computers in 90s). Now that innovation is…
Two things have made startups significantly less attractive than they were in the 90s: 1. A substantial fraction of successful exits are now acquisitions. If you have ever been a part of an acquisition you know that…
One of the great UX features of printing is that it is a quick way to have an auditable form of state over time. I look at states 1-n, compare and contrast, which my debuggers don't make as easy. I'd add many people…
I agree with this directionally but think you're a little over-pessimistic. First, IME it suffices to join an organization poised for rapid growth. This can still happen in large tech companies. Second, while luck…
Lot of poorly thought out stuff here, I suspect the author is young and lacks real world experience running a business. > If 10x engineers truly exist, why do pay scales intra company not cover a 10x spectrum? The value…
Probably not a good idea to judge all of EA but SBF. EA long predates SBF and had some huge wins by seriously asking the question "which charities save the most lives per dollar?" (technically: Quality Adjusted Years of…
Seeing this right now on the product side. I can't give away untuned GPT3.5, much less sell it. GPT4 is the absolute floor for what I can sell without setting up a pipeline.
"Perfectionism" ends up being too vague IMO. I'd call myself a perfectionist in that I really want complete and correct solutions to problems and for everything to be "just so". What was crippling in my early career was…
Having taken part in many build-vs-buy decisions, there are no easy answers. The overriding factors in most decision relate to the specifics of the business. Some very common reason for buy decisions: - You don't…
> So it doesn't get changed or improved, and it can never be replaced. It is the incumbent that blocks progress. A technological quagmire we can't extricate ourselves from. This describes almost every tool in my…