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Patrick McKenzie

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I work for the Internet, at @stripe, mostly on accelerating startups. Opinions here are my own.

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    Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 18 Mar 2016
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    Only a tiny fraction of the people who are best at what you do live close to your office.

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      2. Ollie Glass‏ @ollieglass 18 Mar 2016
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        @patio11 but so often, the best is overkill and good enough is fine

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      3. Jim Gray‏ @grayj_ 18 Mar 2016
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        @ollieglass @patio11 Good enough is also really damn hard to hire for, what with all the weird filters and premature bounce inducers

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      1. Ali‏ @alinajaf 18 Mar 2016
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        @patio11 But... but... real innovation can only happen face-to-face! We need a five-hour brainstorming meeting to hash out the details!

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      2. Chris Ashworth‏ @Chris_Ashworth 18 Mar 2016
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        @patio11 one counterpoint: Google's research that being technically best at what you do is lower-order bit to dynamic of the team you're in.

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      3. Ruth Spangler‏ @Ruth_Spangler 19 Mar 2016
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        @Chris_Ashworth Which means Lvl is big enough.

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      1. Biappi‏ @Biappi 18 Mar 2016
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        @patio11 @mj_langford no problem, we will relocate you here. we got foosball tables!

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        @patio11 "Oh no, but remote hiring!" Yeah only a tiny fraction of companies do that, fewer do it well, and oh look people already have jobs

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        @patio11 @sirhc I work on Skype three days a week with the woman who edits me, and also with my copyeditor. Bonus: Unshowering!

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