As a millennial I have to admit it’s quite amusing watching my gen z kids get called old and out of touch by my gen alpha kid. “You’ve got brain rot and are skibidi.” “You’re just mid.” And the cycle of roasting continues.

You’ve never used Metamate if you don’t work at Meta. It’s an AI for employees that’s trained on an enormous corpus of internal company docs. I use it all the time for efficiency gains. Any sizable company operating without an internal AI tool is already behind the curve.

Great leaders are opinionated and in the weeds, but they also welcome new information and will swiftly change their mind and pivot the team when wrong.

At some point in your career someone will likely do you wrong. It could be a coworker, a boss, a cofounder or an investor. Either use it as fuel or let it go. Your energy is best spent focusing on what you can control and moving forward.

Nobody will remember: - your salary - how “busy you were” - how many hours you worked People will remember: - the eyemask and sleeping bag

Even though my YC company is long gone, the relationships built from that experience endure. It’s an incredible program and network. I’m proud to be an alum. Go apply!

A founder describing how many people need their product vs what the metrics show

I frequently find myself thinking “my kids are my favorite people in the world”. Since I didn’t have this type of super close relationship with my parents it feels very special to have it with my kids.

Finished my 10th year at Burning Man. I keep returning because of the blend of creativity, community & self-expression. Every visit challenges my limits and induces wonder. Adulthood is often serious & repetitive so spaces that invite playfulness & connection are invaluable.

The pool is such a cool and unique shape! Fun fact - the original owner was an architect and he used dynamite to blast the rock out for the pool and just went with the shape that settled. Then he brought the rocks into the home for the 3 fireplaces.

I got to be my 19yr old’s first client today at cosmetology school. For years she’s been passionate about skin care & makeup but seeing her in a professional context to get a facial made it all real. My skin is glowing but so is my heart - I’m proud of her charting her own path!

Are your meetings large because a lot of collaboration is genuinely required for the success of the product, or are you afraid of having boundaries and telling people no because of what they may say about you during the next review cycle?

My husband and I have spent our careers shifting pixels so it’s fun & inspiring to be creating a physical place together. He was in product at co’s like Uber & Amazon but now runs around on the land with an ATV & chainsaw. We’ve hosted our first retreats & are open for more! 👇🏻

The most shocking thing about parenting teenagers is how often they will text a question they could’ve googled. Like, bruh. That phone in your hand has access to literally all of human knowledge. It will tell you when the pool opens at the YCMA.

The data science team at Meta is on another level. The internal tooling for running experiments plus the rigor and willingness to have hard, intellectually honest conversations about product opportunities and performance is incredible. This is what peak data science looks like.

For years I’ve followed a simple rule: praise publicly, critique privately. Experiences in my childhood and moments in my career when people were needlessly cruel solidified that I’d rather build up, than tear down. One moment especially stands out - when I was a founder, a