Adam Fry-Pierce

“Everything's science fiction until someone makes it science fact.” ― Marie Lu, Warcross

[Adam Fry-Pierce @AdamFryPierce]

Since 2016, I've had conversations with ~5000 design leaders at 200+ dinners and ~100 virtual events, and lots of slack threads. I also helped drive some industry benchmarking reports.

I finally synthesized all the notes.

A thread on lessons learned about design leadership. 🧵

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@RaminNasibov Ultima Online

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One of the most impactful musicians in my life is @billwurtz.

The world is such a better place because of your creations.

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@jisiguo namaste.exe

[Adam Fry-Pierce @AdamFryPierce]

Giveaways you wrote with AI

Use an em dash --

Talk about what the thing isn't

[Adam Fry-Pierce @AdamFryPierce]

@markgadala Hasn't gone far enough, Ross could be bigger

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@eurofounder @TheGeorgePu He avoided the em dashes but still left about everything else

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As AI and humans build together, we will see more value in the market (duh)

But what does that look like in practice?

https://t.co/xxg3gIedPF

[Adam Fry-Pierce @AdamFryPierce]

Juniors will learn about the craft through a mix of hands on work, and QAing agents like Claude and Gemini.

They'll learn by orchestrating agents, evaluating output, and building judgment through curation.

The better they become in their domain, the more impact they can have.

[Adam Fry-Pierce @AdamFryPierce]

Dysfunction is costly

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@Jatodaro

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The most valuable tech skill in the next 10 years will be marketing

[Adam Fry-Pierce @AdamFryPierce]

Since Jan, I’ve been working on two products in my studio with 3 humans, and about 20 agents.

Product 1:
- mvp built, established product market fit, got our first 50 consumer customers

Product 2:
- prototype built, established partnership with enterprise client

🫨🏃💨

[Adam Fry-Pierce @AdamFryPierce]

@benjamincowen I heard Elon was going to do a lot when he bought x

Is your experience getting better or worse since that happened

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@MillieMarconnni This, like everything, changes things.

But the industry isn’t “killed”. It just changes.

[Adam Fry-Pierce @AdamFryPierce]

@benjamincowen Greedy when others are fearful! Silver time.

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@benjamincowen Ben, if someone had an actual innovation in crypto that you might be interested in, what’s the best way to get it on your radar?

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@AutismCapital That can’t be true

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Flag post 62/144 goes to one of my oldest and true friends in this world, original studio pal, one of the best thought partners and someone you can always discuss the world with. @AdamFryPierce you keep us going 💪

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@mjhailescu @benjamincowen Banks estimating cuts in December.

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I'm 43.

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