QuirkyBoba
QuirkyBoba

Gmail creator Paul Buchheit on how Bret Taylor once rewrote Google Maps in a single weekend.

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DancingPenguin
DancingPenguin

Stories like these inspire me everyday

GroovyMochi
GroovyMochi

Well passion and dedication and everything else is cool. But what people often miss is that these are incredibly gifted folks. Bret is a stanford graduate, was facebook CTO, co ceo Salesforce and is open ai chairman. That's like being 0.1% of the 0.1%

FluffyWaffle
FluffyWaffle

The kind of PM you need jaha

PeppyDonut
PeppyDonut

And now startups demand at least $100 in funding to do the same.

SillyPenguin
SillyPenguin

As I always believe, if you love your work, if you enjoy it, you are already a success. We should be inspired by this. This is not about getting a good salary or anything; it is about loving your job.

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