Konrad Niemiec

Getting people who had actually experienced this and have both either felt the problems of missing this kind of tool or folks who have built this kind of thing and solved these problems internally at big tech companies was great. Like relevant experience, I think was important, but that's not the entire team.

So I think the two things that I really focus on, especially when interviewing and looking for team members is motivation is the first piece. You can tell by talking to somebody and asking them what they're proud about, how they're motivated. And if someone is motivated by really solving problems and building something that's really helpful for people, that's a huge part of what I look for.

So I think the two things that I really focus on, especially when interviewing and looking for team members is motivation is the first piece. You can tell by talking to somebody and asking them what they're proud about, how they're motivated. And if someone is motivated by really solving problems and building something that's really helpful for people, that's a huge part of what I look for.

So I think the two things that I really focus on, especially when interviewing and looking for team members is motivation is the first piece. You can tell by talking to somebody and asking them what they're proud about, how they're motivated. And if someone is motivated by really solving problems and building something that's really helpful for people, that's a huge part of what I look for.

And then the second thing is something that I think is not usually looked at a ton in early stage startups, but how people work interpersonally, like how they interact with each other. And when it comes to Interviewing, that's obviously tough.

And then the second thing is something that I think is not usually looked at a ton in early stage startups, but how people work interpersonally, like how they interact with each other. And when it comes to Interviewing, that's obviously tough.

And then the second thing is something that I think is not usually looked at a ton in early stage startups, but how people work interpersonally, like how they interact with each other. And when it comes to Interviewing, that's obviously tough.

One thing we do is we've instituted a trial system, which you've heard, I think, Linear and a few other smaller startups also institute this, where someone comes in for a week or a few days and tries to ship a feature and you can really get a sense of how they are to work with. But even when you ask about past conflicts, you can tell, does somebody have some nuance?

One thing we do is we've instituted a trial system, which you've heard, I think, Linear and a few other smaller startups also institute this, where someone comes in for a week or a few days and tries to ship a feature and you can really get a sense of how they are to work with. But even when you ask about past conflicts, you can tell, does somebody have some nuance?

One thing we do is we've instituted a trial system, which you've heard, I think, Linear and a few other smaller startups also institute this, where someone comes in for a week or a few days and tries to ship a feature and you can really get a sense of how they are to work with. But even when you ask about past conflicts, you can tell, does somebody have some nuance?

Are they trying to consider other people's opinions or do they have a very black and white opinion of things and they bucket you into either right or wrong? Unfortunately, you see that a lot with software engineers. Sometimes we try to reduce humans into a program.

Are they trying to consider other people's opinions or do they have a very black and white opinion of things and they bucket you into either right or wrong? Unfortunately, you see that a lot with software engineers. Sometimes we try to reduce humans into a program.

Are they trying to consider other people's opinions or do they have a very black and white opinion of things and they bucket you into either right or wrong? Unfortunately, you see that a lot with software engineers. Sometimes we try to reduce humans into a program.

And so trying to find folks who are really thinking about what effect do I have on the other people on the team, I think is very important for me as a leader and to cultivate that kind of culture on the team.

And so trying to find folks who are really thinking about what effect do I have on the other people on the team, I think is very important for me as a leader and to cultivate that kind of culture on the team.

And so trying to find folks who are really thinking about what effect do I have on the other people on the team, I think is very important for me as a leader and to cultivate that kind of culture on the team.

So I think this is actually one of the mistakes we made where we were a little too worried about scalability at first. I think we were trying to get something out there that we thought was going to be the best system possible from day one, which I think frankly is pretty much almost never going to happen. Like you're going to have to iterate, you're going to have to put a first version out there.

So I think this is actually one of the mistakes we made where we were a little too worried about scalability at first. I think we were trying to get something out there that we thought was going to be the best system possible from day one, which I think frankly is pretty much almost never going to happen. Like you're going to have to iterate, you're going to have to put a first version out there.

So I think this is actually one of the mistakes we made where we were a little too worried about scalability at first. I think we were trying to get something out there that we thought was going to be the best system possible from day one, which I think frankly is pretty much almost never going to happen. Like you're going to have to iterate, you're going to have to put a first version out there.

So I think initially we focused a little too much on scalability and I think that may have slowed us down a little bit in the long run. You never really expect everything. You can't anticipate everything once you get out there and launch. So I do think that there are things we've learned that we didn't quite anticipate for in terms of certain aspects of scale.