Matt Amdur

What do you feel about that sentence? This is another one where it's like, he doesn't write this one. No, for sure. I just think like, it just high judgment as an adjective. I don't think that that's, I don't think you can just do that actually. And missionary as an adjective. I don't know. It's isn't missionary a noun.

What do you feel about that sentence? This is another one where it's like, he doesn't write this one. No, for sure. I just think like, it just high judgment as an adjective. I don't think that that's, I don't think you can just do that actually. And missionary as an adjective. I don't know. It's isn't missionary a noun.

Yeah. Do I work here or not? I need to go look for a job if I don't work here anymore. Can we just get here? We've always wanted the people doing the actual detailed work to have high ownership. I like that. As we have grown our teams as quickly and substantially as we have the last many years, we have understandably added a lot of managers.

Yeah. Do I work here or not? I need to go look for a job if I don't work here anymore. Can we just get here? We've always wanted the people doing the actual detailed work to have high ownership. I like that. As we have grown our teams as quickly and substantially as we have the last many years, we have understandably added a lot of managers.

In that process, we have also added more layers than we had before. It's created artifacts we'd like to change, e.g.

In that process, we have also added more layers than we had before. It's created artifacts we'd like to change, e.g.

pre-meetings for the pre-meetings for the decision meetings, a longer line of managers feeling like they need to review a topic before it moves forward, owners of initiatives feeling less like they would make recommendations because the decision we made elsewhere, emails that go on and on and on and on and on. Okay, I may have added that last bit. I mean, it's like...

pre-meetings for the pre-meetings for the decision meetings, a longer line of managers feeling like they need to review a topic before it moves forward, owners of initiatives feeling less like they would make recommendations because the decision we made elsewhere, emails that go on and on and on and on and on. Okay, I may have added that last bit. I mean, it's like...

Okay, you realize, I mean, there's an irony here, right? I mean, there's an irony here. This is not. Most decisions we make are two-way doors, and such we want more of our teammates feeling like they can move fast without unnecessary processes, meetings, mechanisms, and layers that create overhead and waste valuable time.

Okay, you realize, I mean, there's an irony here, right? I mean, there's an irony here. This is not. Most decisions we make are two-way doors, and such we want more of our teammates feeling like they can move fast without unnecessary processes, meetings, mechanisms, and layers that create overhead and waste valuable time.

You're like, meanwhile, I've got the stopwatch on how much of my own valuable time I've spent reading this, as do you, dear listener, have the stopwatch down and be like, you started reading this thing like seven minutes ago. Where are we going? I want a lot less context for all future episodes. Thank you very little.

You're like, meanwhile, I've got the stopwatch on how much of my own valuable time I've spent reading this, as do you, dear listener, have the stopwatch down and be like, you started reading this thing like seven minutes ago. Where are we going? I want a lot less context for all future episodes. Thank you very little.

So we're asking each S-team organization to increase the ratio of individual contributors to managers by at least 15% by the end of Q1 2025. Adam, given our discussion last week, is that a founder mode sentence or a manager mode sentence?

So we're asking each S-team organization to increase the ratio of individual contributors to managers by at least 15% by the end of Q1 2025. Adam, given our discussion last week, is that a founder mode sentence or a manager mode sentence?

Okay, so I feel we could have a great Lincoln-Douglas debate about whether this is founder mode or manager mode. Because you're right. I mean, eliminating the managers, I immediately think founder mode. But it's also, you're not actually eliminating the managers. You're only increasing the ratio of contributors to managers by at least 15%. By the way, I can hire more.

Okay, so I feel we could have a great Lincoln-Douglas debate about whether this is founder mode or manager mode. Because you're right. I mean, eliminating the managers, I immediately think founder mode. But it's also, you're not actually eliminating the managers. You're only increasing the ratio of contributors to managers by at least 15%. By the way, I can hire more.

I can actually, if I go hire more contributors, I get more recs. And it's 50% by the end of Q1 2025. It's not exactly tomorrow.

I can actually, if I go hire more contributors, I get more recs. And it's 50% by the end of Q1 2025. It's not exactly tomorrow.

I feel like we've got a founder mode, manager mode duality in this sentence. And I feel that it's kind of in the eye of the beholder. I think it's kind of intended as founder mode, but I think it'll be read as manager mode. I think managers will be like, got it. I get 15% more heads than I get to go higher against.

I feel like we've got a founder mode, manager mode duality in this sentence. And I feel that it's kind of in the eye of the beholder. I think it's kind of intended as founder mode, but I think it'll be read as manager mode. I think managers will be like, got it. I get 15% more heads than I get to go higher against.