Andy Tran

investor. startup founder. ex-google swe. helped 1000+ swes land jobs. licensed structural engineer.

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb's Wisdom @TalebWisdom]

"3) The CEO of the company is not the entrepreneur w/skin in the game, but often some acroparasite actor milking the system." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

[Harj Taggar @harjtaggar]

Consensus decision making helps you be rigorous, avoid making mistakes and dramatically lowers your odds of finding product market fit before someone else does.

[Eliezer Yudkowsky ⏹️ @ESYudkowsky]

Law of Viral Inaccuracy: There are more ways to misunderstand a thing than to understand it correctly, so the most viral form is probably inside the erroneous set. Your most widely known idea will be distorted. The story about you that the most people have heard will be false.

[Nick Szabo @NickSzabo4]

A lion grown too old & weak to hunt pretended to be sick as a ruse & ate the animals that came to visit him in his cave. But a fox only greeted him from outside, On being asked why it did not enter, it replied, "Because I can only see tracks going in & none coming out." -- Aesop

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

You can't predict business success, but you can predict business failure: someone who writes lengthy and frequent emails.

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

We must be careful not to believe things simply because we want them to be true. No one can fool you as easily as you can fool yourself!

[Justin Kan @justinkan]

Executing a plan you no longer believe in is like dropping your toothbrush on the bathroom floor and using it anyways.

[Cøbra @CobraBitcoin]

BCH: $117
BSV: $103

Say it with me. F-L-I-P-P-E-N-I-N-G.

[Rahul Ramchandani 🤖 @Rahul_Ramc]

Founder as victim, founder as God.

A brilliant application of Girard's theory of mimetic desire, violence and scapegoating to startups.

https://t.co/zLrbgQievr

[Andy Tran @andyttran]

@hasufl Proof of Imagination

[Andy Tran @andyttran]

@spencernoon I sold Bone Thugs in Harmony song lyrics for $0.50 a pop which I printed from the public library computers. 💰💰💰

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

2) Those who cause disasters judge themselves by the intentions not by the outcome. ( Socialists will blow us up.)

+ "First, do no harm" (primum non nocere): the most robust way for the world to get better.

+ No virtue without courage...

https://t.co/VxH5qJ03XA

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

Alas people have done more harm while trying to “do good” and trying to “improve” the world than by trying to pursue their selfish aims while leaving others alone.

Silver rule>> Messianism
#vianegativa (Orthodox theology) #naiveinterventionism
#virtuesignaling

[Justin Kan @justinkan]

If you surround yourself by people who give you weak, overly-nice feedback you will NEVER BE GREAT.

Look for the people who are going to give you the straight talk about the things you are doing shit at. Michael is one of those people.

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

Give me questions I can't answer not answers I can't question.

[Kpaxs @Kpaxs]

When we meditate every morning we are putting on armor for the day’s battle against our own impatience, inadequacy, resentment, and hostility.

[Michael @mmay3r]

In every relationship you’re the lead actor in one version of the story and the supporting actor in another.

Thing is, it’s the same story. It’s as important to be a good supporting actor as it is to be a good lead.

[Jimmy Song (송재준) @jimmysong]

Advice for young programmers:

1. Write unit tests. It'll help w/refactoring
2. Get good at git. You'll save time
3. Don't rely on a particular IDE. Makes you fragile
4. Don't fear doing things twice. Think of it as an early refactor
5. Learn new tools. You'll learn how to learn

[Andy Tran @andyttran]

@APompliano In 08’ once liquidity dried up, the rush to cash caused a short-term but significant dip in GLD. If BTC is used as a SOV, then we would likely see a similar drop along with GLD and SPY.

[Andy Tran @andyttran]

@ylecun Nobel prizes aren’t given out to economists. Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences != The Nobel Prize