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1) A telling conversation that just happened in the office: BD: "can we see if there are recent changes in number of FTX deposits?" DEV: "Sure!" ... DEV: "eh this looks like noise, totally dominated by a few large users." BD: "ah right, how about number of users depositing?"

SBF

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Oct 24, 2020

2) DEV: "ok cool, I'll get that." It was pretty mundane, and no large conclusions in the end. But there were so many pitfalls avoided there: a) at most places, there wouldn't have been any sanity checking. Dev says "up 30%!" and BD then triples down on a campaign.

SBF

@SBF_FTX

Oct 24, 2020

3) b) the quick back and forth is crucial: this took ~4 rounds before getting to the right query, but only took ~10 minutes. If communication isn't great, it takes a week. c) Totally no pressure to draw a strong conclusion if there isn't one; at a lot of places "meh" isn't ok

SBF

@SBF_FTX

4) These things seem small but they add up quickly. Often, from the outside, you wonder why companies make bizarre decisions. But the more I dive in to how companies work, the more I'm surprised they ever get things right. A bit of internal dysfunction makes everything break.

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is this... management advice...?

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good,, can u ask your dev's to fix UI bugs?

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Seems like you are working 24/7. Dating?

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Also just curious...have you taken an MBTI test before? I want to say you are probably an.... ISTJ? 😊

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In any industry, the lighter the communication barriers between "biz & dev" guys, the more efficient and relevant the job done is. Icing on the cake when dev understand the biz and vice versa 👌

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