> Across his various startups, Peter has seen two kinds of work:
> 1. the "IQ 180" work. some mad scientist genius type comes up with some crazy solution you've never thought of.
> 2. the "token spewer" work. being ultra responsive, pushing the ball forward across dozens of different fronts.
Interesting comp to pg's Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule https://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html
I'm curious about not only which of these roles models will fill, but also how they will empower us to be in the mode we prefer.
I conceive of this as Protoss vs Zerg. I’ve had a lot of success in my career following a Zerg strategy.
We call it Ravenclaw vs Hufflepuff. I guess it's a generation thing.
Zerg rush
> July 2009
> Thanks to Sam Altman, … for reading drafts of this.
Oh how times have changed!
Have they? Some say he's still reading those drafts, along with everything else on the Internet.