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Feedback Entropy, Innovation, and Dogfooding
To build a great product you need a lot of rich feedback to iterate. The richness of this feedback is a function of its frequency and entropy (high entropy = less predictable). In a way, a product’s value is a …
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The Soullessness of Language Models
I used to love writing. I loved the feeling of putting my thoughts and ideas onto the page and seeing them come to life. It was a creative outlet for me, and I found it incredibly rewarding. However, since I …
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Team Players Play a Long Game
Every job has some “dirty work” – the tasks that are much less enjoyable than others. If that’s not the case it just means that the job has no real diversity of tasks. One of the hardest things as a …
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Diminishing Return of Money Dislikes Uncertainty
First a Story You are looking for a job, and you receive two job offers. One is 200K$ a year, and the second is 100K$ + stock options. Which is better? “Well Nivge” you’d tell me, “it depends on the …
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Important Life Skill
Whenever we are not happy about something in our lives, we are generally faced with two choices. Whether the unhappiness is with a spouse’s behavior, with the way we look, or some aspect of our career, we have a choice …