Ryan Giles

Founder of Dribble and Swish. Recruiting leader for pre ipo companies (Wish, MobileIron, Qubole, Pendo, Varo Bank), gamer, A's fan and family man

[Ryan Giles @rpgiles]

@Austen SAT/ACT/GMAT are proxy for IQ. GPA is proxy for conscientiousness.

2 best predictors for success in any role at any level. Not perfect predictors, corration is still less than .4, but they are still higher correlation than a structured interview.

[Ryan Giles @rpgiles]

@TheAlphaThought Treat margin as your emergency fund.

[Ryan Giles @rpgiles]

Fun weekend at @PhenomExposure in Raleigh. I was able to catch Alex doing Alex things. Headed to @AFPatAthletics tonight to prep for high school ball #aau #basketball

[Ryan Giles @rpgiles]

@AFPatAthletics @CoachSKlein @AFHS_Cheer @AFHS_XC_Track @AFPatriotFB @AFHS_MWTennis @AFHS_mwGolf @AFHS_MWSoccer @AFHS_Volleyball @AFHS_GFFootball @AFHS_WBB @AFHSPatriotsMBB What time does it end? Trying to juggle events.

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"If I told you there was one free thing you could do every Sunday that would make your kids happier, healthier, smarter, and closer to you, you'd think I was selling something."

Take your kids to church regularly. I don't care if you believe. The data is so lopsided that skipping it is the parenting equivalent of refusing vegetables because you don't like the taste.

Grades. Religious teens get As at almost twice the rate of nonreligious teens. In a class of 100, that's 24 A-students instead of 14. Church gives a kid the same academic boost as being born rich instead of poor.

College. Working-class religious kids earn bachelor's degrees at double the rate of their nonreligious peers. Middle-class kids do it at 1.5x the rate. For families without a trust fund, this is one of the most powerful forms of upward mobility social scientists have measured.

Character. Religious teens are far less likely to lie, cheat, or do things they hope their parents never find out about. They're more likely to care about racial equality, the elderly, and the poor. They reject the idea that morality is whatever works for you in the moment. That kind of kid doesn't happen by accident. It's built.

Closeness. 60% of parents of religious teens say they feel "extremely close" to their kid, compared to 50% of nonreligious parents. The kids report the same thing back. They get along better with their parents, talk about hard stuff, and actually want to spend time with their family.

Despair. Religious teens are dramatically less likely to be depressed, anxious, lonely, or feel that life is meaningless. 90% of devoted religious teens never binge drink, compared to 41% of the disengaged. Economists named the modern epidemic "deaths of despair." Regular church attendance is one of the strongest known buffers against it. Parents are spending fortunes trying to solve teen mental health. The most evidence-backed intervention is free.

Purpose. Religious young adults report higher purpose, gratitude, life satisfaction, and resilience. These are the exact traits every parent says they want their kid to have.

Here's why it works. Affluent families already surround their kids with networks of stable, accomplished adults through neighborhoods, schools, and parents' colleagues. Working and middle-class families usually don't. A congregation is often the last institution in American life that puts your kid in weekly contact with dozens of stable, employed, sober adults who know their name. It used to be called "a village." Now it barely exists outside of churches.

"But I don't believe." Your kid doesn't need your theology. They need you to show up.

"But church is boring." So is sitting through a kindergarten music recital. Parenting is the deliberate choice to be bored on purpose for someone you love.

There's a church within 15 minutes of nearly every American home. You don't need money, connections, or credentials to walk in. Nothing else in this country will surround your kid with engaged adults, teach them moral seriousness, and give them a stable weekly rhythm at zero cost.

You already drive them to practices that produce far less. The free thing on Sunday produces more, on more dimensions, than almost anything else you do as a parent.

You don't have to believe anything. You just have to take them.

[Ryan Giles @rpgiles]

@conservmillen I'm not sure why you decided to wake up and start going after the LDS church but I can guarantee you that greater theologians than you have crashed against these rocks. But if you really think it's a good idea for your brand to attack a major Christian faith then go for it

[Ryan Giles @rpgiles]

@paradisemint @kinginvestings 2021 and 2022 had ~10% inflation, 2023 came down to around 6. Those 3 years alone would have been a 25% increase. Really depends on the date you choose.

[Ryan Giles @rpgiles]

@paradisemint @kinginvestings You understand that's a per year inflation rate right?
3 years of 3% inflation is ~9%

[Ryan Giles @rpgiles]

@ThoughtfulSaint Could john 5:19 be a reference to this eternal pattern?

[Ryan Giles @rpgiles]

@TrungTPhan He was at @mobileiron while finishing it. The company rented out the theater to watch it on opening day at Century Shoreline.

[Ryan Giles @rpgiles]

@thecavemommy Don't rely on hearsay. People love to hate on Kia and Hyundai because of outdated information. Check Gemini or chatgpt for questions like this to get away from anecdotal evidence.

[Ryan Giles @rpgiles]

@DKThomp Now do covid vaccines and masking. Were you boosting with all your heart trying to prevent the spread of covid? Were you masking up to stop the spread? Same hubris but on a more focused scale.

[Ryan Giles @rpgiles]

@YieldMaxETFs More versions of ulty

[Ryan Giles @rpgiles]

@Austen The reality is engineers tend to be horrible at negotiations and candidate experience. Recruiting isn't an hr skill set, but it certainly isn't an engineer skill set. It is closer to a sales skill. The leader is bottleneck management and closer, and recruiters are sales people.

[Ryan Giles @rpgiles]

@ambofqwan Why has ulty's recent moves raised the put price to be more of a bearish lean?

[Ryan Giles @rpgiles]

@antoniogm Try going from tech start up world to running a bricks and mortar local business. The gap in talent available to hire is massive. Why aren't people naturally ambitious? How do they just miss work? Etc. Etc.

[Ryan Giles @rpgiles]

@wallstengine As a buyer of hr software another reason is that our company is getting smaller (due to Ai/etc efficiencies) so we don't have to buy as many seats. This is happening at scale to SaaS sellers.

[Ryan Giles @rpgiles]

@wannabefresh @YieldMaxETFs Taking the emotion out of options trades is so key. As someone who had gone in and out of options his whole life, I much prefer to turn the decision making over to a pro less predisposed to emotional decisions.

[Ryan Giles @rpgiles]

@ETF_Inspector1 Thanks for your work.

[Ryan Giles @rpgiles]

@thogge Tariffs are a form of that. It acts like a consumption tax which is the only palatable way to increase the tax base.