One of my greatest joys is catching up with algorithm engineers:
You can explain a very human complaintโlike the Timeline is too sensitive to small actionsโand then they calmly walk up to the whiteboard, draw out a mathematical solution to it and invent a completely new area of machine learning research
And then they explain it to me like Iโm a 5 year old.
The hardest part about hiring great leaders for X is that you need someone who can be an outstanding voice on the platform -- but also someone who is exceptional at trench warfare (i.e., sweating the details of the user experience and handling the daily chaos & creativity of bad actors).