One thing about working at a start up long enough is that you get to see a lot of experiments that failed earlier eventually succeed after 2-3 years.
And it's not always that the team who did it earlier was not competent, sometimes there is a key variable missing that was not apparent earlier but is obvious now, or a variable has changed over time changing your initial assumptions.
It teaches you two things:
1. A non-possibility is just a non-possibility in the moment, at this point, because of xyz variable. It can change. You learn to not conclude things forever and more importantly you are not shut to trying something again and again.
2. Watching something work out after the 10th try is both a humbling experience and also builds a quiet confidence. You can see clearly what you missed earlier in your assumptions. You also realise your gut was right. Your gut now compounds because it has more data points. And I suppose all of these are active ingredients for resilience. What is resilience if not a hope that it will work out on the 10th try or the 100th try?
every time people say “the trenches” “grinding” “practicing” “you can just do things” “build build build” they re exclusively talking about being on the computer
The most horrible courier service is @porterit_
Can’t believe you guys can’t deliver a simple envelope in 2 weeks. Automated customer support that gives the same response. It’s lazy.