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Jason Citron calls alignment a 'four-letter word' and demands opinionated decision-makers
“I now say alignment is a four letter word. Like I don't want alignment. I want highly opinionated people making decisions and then being accountable for them, right?”
Jason Citron says 20-person synchronous product reviews become performative ceremonies
“Most things don't actually need a lot of participation in discussion. Like the team has done a tremendous amount of work and they're trying to get feedback from me and the forum of the, of a 20 person product review turns it into like this bizarre ceremony.”
Jason Citron expects new Discord executives to do zero work for 60 days
“The short version is that I don't expect them to do any work for the first, like, 60 days. They come in and they just need to learn. I just want them to meet the people, learn what we're doing, figure out why we're doing things, and every day what I expect the…”
Jason Citron says building a durable gaming company requires a distribution advantage
“The thesis back in 2012, at the time, my sense was that the way you built a durable company in gaming over time was you actually needed to have some kind of established distribution advantage, and so I kind of put these things together and thought that, like, …”
Jason Citron says video games are safe sandboxes for learning leadership skills
“Games are such amazing little simulation sandboxes to get to interact with these things that are basically like microcosms of real life. And you can learn these skills in safe places. And my guess is there's something to do with, Being able to do those things …”
Jason Citron says the main second-time founder advantage is early-stage experience
“The real impact from being a second time founder actually has to do with the levels and how there are a lot of levels I had already played once in my previous company, so there were things about building my second startup, about building discord that were easi…”
Jason Citron says choosing the right problems is more critical than resource allocation
“But I do think that selecting the right problem sets is It is probably more important than the resource allocation to some extent. Like if you have the right problems, but your resource allocation is sort of wrong, you'll notice that and then you can correct i…”
Jason Citron says reference checks are far more critical than executive interviews
“Actually interviewing execs and very sort of more senior experienced people is really good for getting a feel for whether I would enjoy working with them. Can we brainstorm? Can we debate? Do I enjoy, you know, being with them? But I rarely find that folks lik…”