$ eldr --library field-notes
Field notes
Short pieces on how open positions actually cost you.
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The cost of an open positionWaiting reads as prudence and behaves as loss. Here is the arithmetic.20d ago4 mintime · risk
articleYour best friend works for you and he is not good at the jobYou have known for five months. Every week you do not act, the eventual conversation gets worse and your authority with everyone else gets…25 JUL · 13:256 mincareer · negotiation
articleConfidence 7/10 is not a 70% chanceWhat the number on every read actually measures, why it is not a probability, and the one way you can catch it lying.members26 MAY · 08:456 minmethod · risk
articleYou want to put $40,000 into your own thingThe number is not the risk. The risk is that you have not written down what a failure looks like, so you will not be able to tell when you…01 MAY · 10:206 minmoney · risk
articleYou and your co-founder want different companiesThe split is already happening; the only open question is whether it happens on paper or through attrition. A four-week protocol, and the…20 APR · 07:557 mincareer · money
articleYou want to quit your job and you do not have a plan"Get a plan first" is advice that keeps men in jobs for years. The actual requirement is smaller and you can write it on one index card.02 APR · 08:056 mincareer · risk
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