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Ed Chao's Drawings
Art for artās sake. Ed Chaoās personal illustrations are both inspiring and relaxing at the same time:https://www.thatedchao.com/published/2020/09/14/illustration I love the sleeping dog, playful coffee culture, and the old manās face at the bottom. Pushing the AeroPress that last little bit! Lots of depth in these simple strokes.
The Sun Never Sets on A8c 5K Relay VIII
For a 24-hour period, starting on March 27, there will be at least one Automattician somewhere in the world running in a virtual relay. Letās go! Also, happy birthday, Mom! Rillito River section of The Loop, Tucson, AZ (USA)
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Only Good Weather
Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.John Ruskin
To build a meritocracy
About a year ago, we at Affirm decided to add an OKR to our annual planning titled āHigh-Performance Cultureā, to help shore up the necessary means (for the necessary means) of improving our collective productivity. (Yes yes, big company stuff, whatever ā we grew revenue 46% last fiscal year on essentially flat headcount, thatās pretty addictive, and it doesnāt hurt the stock price.)
We measure this OKR by asking every Affirmer a handful of questions about their experience getting work done, eg ādo you feel like itās pretty collaborative hereā, etc, scoring it on a 10pt scale, and trying to improve our score quarter to quarter. Generally, our scoreās pretty high, and trending gently higher, so all good then?
Maybe, but how do you do better? High-performance culture is pretty easy to define: a culture of individuals doing productive work for the company in the most efficient way possible and helping others do the same, while generally having a good time. But what do you actually do [sir] to have such a culture? And what do you not do?Ā
So I jotted down a few incomplete one-liners of what that means to me as Affirmās founder and CEO. This list is neither exhaustive (I reserve the right to add and remove things here) nor is it even especially well-organized, but culture is like obscenity in Jacobellis v Ohio: you know it when you see it.Ā
So hereās what I see at Affirm.Ā
mission
morality is a key ingredient in everything we do (and donāt do)
integrity is what got us where we are today, never compromise it
consumers, merchants, and capital partners are who we serve
stay humble and be curious about the needs of each of our constituents
take pride in providing safe access to fair credit; donāt judge what consumers use it for
bleed the colors, the values, the mission
merit
Affirm is a meritocracy: your talent, skill, and willingness to put it all to work define you here
we solve multivariate optimization problems ā a certain minimum intellectual capacity is required
demand excellence from yourself and from your teammates, donāt settle
work-life balance tends to take care of itself if you love your work
ā¦remember that this is a marathon ā take care of yourself and those you love
if you canāt keep up, weāll try our best to help, but eventually you may have to leave
if you see that someone canāt keep up, you should step in to help them
leadership
we are a culture of individuals working together as teamsĀ Ā
once someone is a part of the team, fully accept them as one of our own
whom you hire, and how you help them be productive is your top responsibilityĀ
be an owner, not merely an employee
do not allow āus and themā dynamics to foment anywhere at Affirm
run towards a problem; donāt assume someone else will take care of it
be a stress absorber for your team, not a stress amplifier
an occasional heroic act that helps Affirm win is a good thing, not a sign of poor planning
constant heroic acts required for Affirm to survive is a sign of poor planning
lead by example
how we work
we take calculated risks ā do the calculating!
make reversible decisions fast
bring the bad news to the team early ā weāll rally to help
use our product and understand its value to our customers
care about how we make things ā mind the quality of the invisible parts
ā¦do not let perfect be the enemy of shipping and iterating
time is the scarcest resource we have, be mindful of how you use yours, and your teamās
we are a writing culture, favor short, pithy n-pagers to novels or live rants
post-mortem everything: the successes, the failures, and the near-misses ā and learn
we take our work extremely seriously ā but not so much ourselvesĀ
how we disagree
if you disagree, you must speak up, even escalate ā especially before a decision is made
fear of being wrong is not an acceptable reason for not speaking up
never accept an unexplained ānoā for an answer ā ask why
challenge ideas! good ones can handle the scrutiny, bad ones need to die on the vine
even the harshest critique of your idea is not an attack on you, donāt take it as such
no matter how brilliant you are, being a jerk is a ticket out of Affirm
know our business well, and know your area of the business cold
argue using facts whenever possible, but give your gut a voice too
once the decision is reached, commitĀ
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Portland, Oregon
The Pioneer Courthouse In town for WordCamp US 2024.
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Null Island
nullis.land/ An inside joke among map makers; if you accidentally land at 0ā² 0ā² on the globe, there happens to be an imaginary island conveniently displayed.
Miss You, Zackobingo
My first short story. ā āHey, ever seen an actual Round Robin? I havenāt.ā Zach bumps me in the elbow as he rounds the bar-size pool table at Famous Samās. Eight-ball only, quarters. Smoky yet palatable. Cold drinks and decent burgers. Also: walkableāan amble over from the apartment in Vans and shorts and ball caps. The regulars look up and smile but donāt comment as we move to an emptyā¦
Opportunities to Wake Up
View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Conscious Leadership Group (@consciousleadershipgroup) Screen capture of an Instagram post from The Conscious Leadership Group There are no problems. There are only opportunities to wake up. Jim Dethmer of The Conscious Leadership Group Authorās notes: Now syndicating my blog posts over to Mastodon. Follow me there. āMetaā comment: I wish thisā¦
GitHub HQ
Fun to visit GitHubās San Francisco HQ for a tech meetup.
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Canary Wharf, London
A bit of sunshine and a large rubber ducky to bring in the springtime vibes in Canary Wharf (Tower Hamlets, London, England).
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Plucky Fulfillment Theory
The "Plucky Fulfillment Theory" from Jen Dary prompts valuable self-reflection time management and saying "no" by default. "Do I have the appetite for many changes at once?"
By Jen Dary, founder & CEO at Plucky: TL;DR Donāt take everything on at onceāsolve the right problems at the right time. If youāre in a seas
When We Open Ourselves This Way
When we open ourselves this way, we become malleable, liable to be shaped by the world we live in, implicated in it, embedded in it, stained in its mud and shot through with its illumination. A willing participant in the world, open to its pain and also its joy. Roger Housden in Ten Poems to Change Your Life.
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Cloudy Boston
View of the Charles River; Cambridge, Massachusetts Back on the go, traveling again after COVID-19 lockdowns. Visit to HubSpot HQ in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
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i love seeing cardinals and bluejays together iām always like āhehe.. evil siblingsā
this is what iām all about babyyyyy
Theyāre not even related. Jays are a type of corvid, like crows and magpies, and Cardinals are a grosbeak.
well you see, they are both birds and they both have fun hats. hope this helps
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