Overconfidence I've been thinking a lot about confidence and how absolutely Gross (capital G intentional) it is, and how unpleasant so many of executives I've spoken to have ended up being. In my experience, and I would wager most people's experience, confident people succeed. They succeed in degrees that are...

I killed Superman I killed Super-man, and how ironic That I'd be the bad guy, kryptonite, the green chronic Superman Before I moved to the developed world, I worked at a fairly sketchy startup that had branches in a few developing countries. It was my first job after university, and the staff were pretty impressive...

Several years ago, I came across this blog post talking about how often we don't take obvious advice. A few instances of this spring right to mind. For example, my gym schedule was badly disrupted by Covid, and I never got back into it. I obviously should, but I haven't yet. Relatively benign, but we can think of...

A note from the future: I no longer believe the corporate facade is complicated. It is complicated in that there are many factors at play and many of the actors in the system believe in the beautiful vision, but the truth is that it's all an elaborate justification for getting money and status without producing...

There are a few things that inspire deep revulsion in me. The episode of Star Trek: Voyager I just watched was pretty gross. I definitely saw some pretty bad roadkill on my daily walks during the Covid lockdowns. But nothing - nothing - comes close to the white hot fury that radiates from me the moment someone...

Post-mortem After going viral, there is one comment I'd like to address. One guy pointed out how comfortable this work seemed, how high the pay was, and said I am out-of-touch and privileged. To that I say, yes, obviously. I moved to the first-world to have first-world problems. Mission accomplished. There is a...