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I just heard a fabulous interview with the project manager of the Mars Lander team. He has a PhD in engineering physics. in the interview… Which was about him… he said "this isn't …

Interesting. I also prefer criticism, if it is intelligent and useful. Mere praise won't help me get better. When you go to a good music instructor, for example, you're paying for …

While I realize that the plural of anecdote isn't data, this is pretty much my point exactly. The venture capitalists take a large position for a small amount of money... minimizin…

The way to get good people to work with you is to be the kind of person people want to work with. Seems obvious to me. I have worked with jerks, and with people I continue to love …

Actually, I'm obsessive. But that's my problem, and I would not inflict it on an employee. :-)

I have been a manager in both businesses. of course there are differences; but there are also many similarities. the big idea is that if there is a firm, inflexible deadline, you w…

Well, you just have to say no. if your business works for clients, the clients will always kill you if you let them. insane demands, low ball bids, etc. this is as old as capitalis…

No, I meant a five… Or maybe four who knows…day work week. Please excuse my imprecise math. :-). And while I realize that there are exceptions, I would be delighted to get four sol…

I love your words "...five lines of algorithmically beautiful code..."; this beautiful functional minimalism is what engineering is really all about; and it solves problems not onl…

Okay, one last thing. Richard Branson, a business genius, said "Praise people and they flower; criticize them and they wilt." So praise and cheerlead and mentor relentlessly. And, …

Hi Michael. I think that Apple in those days is a field that is well-plowed. folklore.org is a particularly fun site. Start-ups? Business is business. it can be as high-stress or a…

What you call crunch time is what I call poor project management. I started out as the managing editor of a daily newspaper. We shipped an entire product every day. We never slippe…

Based on emails, I'd say it was a person, who I won't name, at ycombinator.

First, I guess I should say that I have started five companies. All were successful; two had successful NASDAQ small-cap IPOs. I have also had a few books published, and spent a nu…