Adam Leventhal

This thing that I thought would be a delicious treat for everyone, I guess, has become your prop bet.

Oh, God. But yeah, Brian, it was like an inch and a half by an inch and a half square. Yes.

Oh, God. But yeah, Brian, it was like an inch and a half by an inch and a half square. Yes.

So now this is the part of the story when usually I tell it to folks and I'm like, and then Julie couldn't do it. So she didn't get the money and everyone is aghast. Wait, you didn't give her the money. And I think, no, I don't know. What kind of lesson are we teaching the children?

So now this is the part of the story when usually I tell it to folks and I'm like, and then Julie couldn't do it. So she didn't get the money and everyone is aghast. Wait, you didn't give her the money. And I think, no, I don't know. What kind of lesson are we teaching the children?

That's right.

That's right.

Yeah, no, I mean, and no, we weren't like, you know, a ritual of, I don't know, whatever position was to like eat 90% of a cheesecake. No, this was all voluntary. These were all consulting consenting adults.

Yeah, no, I mean, and no, we weren't like, you know, a ritual of, I don't know, whatever position was to like eat 90% of a cheesecake. No, this was all voluntary. These were all consulting consenting adults.

There actually is another. So there's a kind of bait and switch follow-up to this internship, which is Robert interns with us. It was great. Cheesecake included, but not the only reason. It's a great internship. Yeah, yeah, great. Goes back to Brown University to finish out, gets his degree there. And we made Robert an offer to join us full time and he accepted.

There actually is another. So there's a kind of bait and switch follow-up to this internship, which is Robert interns with us. It was great. Cheesecake included, but not the only reason. It's a great internship. Yeah, yeah, great. Goes back to Brown University to finish out, gets his degree there. And we made Robert an offer to join us full time and he accepted.

But in the meantime, we were off getting acquired by Oracle. Yes. And, and then, you know, you and I were off figuring out how not to work for Oracle.

But in the meantime, we were off getting acquired by Oracle. Yes. And, and then, you know, you and I were off figuring out how not to work for Oracle.

And Robert joined and I don't know if it was clear that I was leaving, but I was like, Robert, it's a great learning opportunity is me teaching you about all the stuff that I've done and everything that I've ever owned in case it comes up. And then I think I left two weeks later.

And Robert joined and I don't know if it was clear that I was leaving, but I was like, Robert, it's a great learning opportunity is me teaching you about all the stuff that I've done and everything that I've ever owned in case it comes up. And then I think I left two weeks later.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I'd also say, Robert, there's fewer opportunities for you to... I think one of the things that you do well, I'm sure we're going to get into this, is cast that eye that is so well-informed about disparate parts of the system. And I think that

I'd also say, Robert, there's fewer opportunities for you to... I think one of the things that you do well, I'm sure we're going to get into this, is cast that eye that is so well-informed about disparate parts of the system. And I think that

You're right that a strength of a large organization is that you can have experts narrowly focused, and sometimes it's a lot easier to be productive along those lines. But I think what they miss is the kind of system-wide insights that you've been able to make at Oxide, for example, because of diving deep into all these different areas.