Will Larson

5 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jan 7, 2024 by Will Larson · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

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An inside look at how the New York Times builds product | Alex Hardiman (CPO, the New York Times) Nov 13, 2022 · 1 mention · from 1:00:18
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Jan 7, 2024 neutral

Opinion

Larson: Uber prioritized local team speed over cross-team coordination

“Uber didn't have this as a written value, but implicitly Uber's, Uber's value was do what's good for your team and ignore everyone else because that will slow us down.”

Will Larson Jan 7, 2024 ▶ 58:03 The engineering mindset | Will Larson (Carta, Stripe, Uber, Calm, Digg)

Jan 7, 2024 negative

Opinion

Larson: Many smart but unsuccessful people over-rely on systems thinking

“A lot of the Least successful, but smartest people I've worked with were really strong systems thinking advocates.”

Will Larson Jan 7, 2024 ▶ 8:58 The engineering mindset | Will Larson (Carta, Stripe, Uber, Calm, Digg)

Jan 7, 2024 neutral

Insight

Larson: Holding peers to high standards often gets talented workers labeled combative

“I see a lot of people who are incredibly talented, but they try to hold their peers to a high standard, and then they're viewed as like combative or difficult to work with.”

Will Larson Jan 7, 2024 ▶ 1:14:36 The engineering mindset | Will Larson (Carta, Stripe, Uber, Calm, Digg)

Jan 7, 2024 positive

Disclosure

Larson: Carta gives EM and PM pairs the same performance rating

“The chief product officer Bruchali and I like spend a fair amount of time, like calibrating together and making sure, like, again, there's cases where there's like an exception, right? Cause there's like clear, clear issues happening for someone, but on averag…”

Will Larson Jan 7, 2024 ▶ 45:32 The engineering mindset | Will Larson (Carta, Stripe, Uber, Calm, Digg)

Jan 7, 2024

Insight

Larson: Useful company values must be honest, applicable, and reversible

“These are the three that I found really useful for any value. Like, is it honest? Is it applicable and can you reverse it? And if not, it's probably actually not helping the team make decisions.”

Will Larson Jan 7, 2024 ▶ 1:00:21 The engineering mindset | Will Larson (Carta, Stripe, Uber, Calm, Digg)

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