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NickNaraghiyesterday at 4:58 PM2 repliesview on HN

> Across his various startups, Peter has seen two kinds of work:

> 1. the "IQ 180" work. some mad scientist genius type comes up with some crazy solution you've never thought of.

> 2. the "token spewer" work. being ultra responsive, pushing the ball forward across dozens of different fronts.

Interesting comp to pg's Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule https://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html

I'm curious about not only which of these roles models will fill, but also how they will empower us to be in the mode we prefer.


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kridsdale1yesterday at 11:33 PM

I conceive of this as Protoss vs Zerg. I’ve had a lot of success in my career following a Zerg strategy.

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charvtoday at 2:56 AM

> July 2009

> Thanks to Sam Altman, … for reading drafts of this.

Oh how times have changed!

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