There's a few things I find really alluring, weird, present and equal parts fulfilling. Firstly, slow country music, preferably in languages that I neither speak nor understand, and fantasy books, again in environments I can only imagine.
Early in life I used to think I was creative
Now, I've spent the past few years working in deeply technical fields. In a way that creativity has shone, by building things, solving problems, taking ideas from slides to actual products in the hands of users, and finally converting those users smiles to funds in corporate accounts that I could never touch. I've been creating value. It counts, and it doesn't count. It is true and it is a lie.
This is not a rant about life. In the past few months, I've turned a philosophical age, and I need to plant these seeds of wisdom before my memory leaves me.
By day, I'm a product manager who lives and breathes my craft, I've even created a platform so others can begin to live and breathe my craft as well. By night, well, I sleep.
Part 1 - Building a Great Company
I want to build a great company, so what does 'great' really mean to me? Firstly, a company that solves problems for everyday users directly, or indirectly, but close to the pulse. This is not yet about the scale or size of the company, revenue goals, etc but just a company with a mission rooted in people, and then profit.
Secondly, building a great place to work. A place where outcomes are properly rewarded, and people grow. Where we are data driven, customer obsessed and profitable.
These letters are my informal way of documenting that journey.
My light rays in the darkness. My ramblings not cursed by the touch of an LLM.
See you next week.