Max Levchin

I think Opinionated is exceptionally valuable. The hard red line for me is always, once I can't trust you. The story about knowing the letter grade of every person you hire in your company, whether it's 2000 people like a firm, but that's just silly.

I think Opinionated is exceptionally valuable. The hard red line for me is always, once I can't trust you. The story about knowing the letter grade of every person you hire in your company, whether it's 2000 people like a firm, but that's just silly.

I think Opinionated is exceptionally valuable. The hard red line for me is always, once I can't trust you. The story about knowing the letter grade of every person you hire in your company, whether it's 2000 people like a firm, but that's just silly.

You mostly do. Everything is a range. And so you inevitably find yourself asking the question, you know, how extreme is extreme? And what will it cost me if this person blows up or goes into some sort of a behavioral tailspin? But most of the time, truly brilliant people are worth the quirks.

You mostly do. Everything is a range. And so you inevitably find yourself asking the question, you know, how extreme is extreme? And what will it cost me if this person blows up or goes into some sort of a behavioral tailspin? But most of the time, truly brilliant people are worth the quirks.

You mostly do. Everything is a range. And so you inevitably find yourself asking the question, you know, how extreme is extreme? And what will it cost me if this person blows up or goes into some sort of a behavioral tailspin? But most of the time, truly brilliant people are worth the quirks.

And it's a hallmark of a good manager who knows how to bring out the best from the people, even if they are extreme.

And it's a hallmark of a good manager who knows how to bring out the best from the people, even if they are extreme.

And it's a hallmark of a good manager who knows how to bring out the best from the people, even if they are extreme.

I think opinionated is exceptionally valuable. The sort of pinnacle of teamwork achievement is to have really strong opinions, not hold them back, and yet manage to not so profoundly offend the person or the teammate that you're judging or providing feedback to.

I think opinionated is exceptionally valuable. The sort of pinnacle of teamwork achievement is to have really strong opinions, not hold them back, and yet manage to not so profoundly offend the person or the teammate that you're judging or providing feedback to.

I think opinionated is exceptionally valuable. The sort of pinnacle of teamwork achievement is to have really strong opinions, not hold them back, and yet manage to not so profoundly offend the person or the teammate that you're judging or providing feedback to.

that they choose to opt out whatever that means for the problem but you want someone who can walk into a room and say that is a pile of garbage and i love all of you you're amazing people i'm proud to be part of this team but what we've built here together is not gonna ship because it's terrible and now we're all gonna regroup and rethink and build something better like that that is the way of trying to couch the blow but if you don't give the blow you're gonna ship garbage

that they choose to opt out whatever that means for the problem but you want someone who can walk into a room and say that is a pile of garbage and i love all of you you're amazing people i'm proud to be part of this team but what we've built here together is not gonna ship because it's terrible and now we're all gonna regroup and rethink and build something better like that that is the way of trying to couch the blow but if you don't give the blow you're gonna ship garbage

that they choose to opt out whatever that means for the problem but you want someone who can walk into a room and say that is a pile of garbage and i love all of you you're amazing people i'm proud to be part of this team but what we've built here together is not gonna ship because it's terrible and now we're all gonna regroup and rethink and build something better like that that is the way of trying to couch the blow but if you don't give the blow you're gonna ship garbage

Empathy is important. Understanding that when you're judging someone's work, there's two possibilities. It's bad. It's they've done the best and circumstances intervened and they can do better, but it wasn't, it isn't good enough and they need to know, but you know, they can do better. And the moment is about telling them, This isn't your best work, but I know what you can do.

Empathy is important. Understanding that when you're judging someone's work, there's two possibilities. It's bad. It's they've done the best and circumstances intervened and they can do better, but it wasn't, it isn't good enough and they need to know, but you know, they can do better. And the moment is about telling them, This isn't your best work, but I know what you can do.

Empathy is important. Understanding that when you're judging someone's work, there's two possibilities. It's bad. It's they've done the best and circumstances intervened and they can do better, but it wasn't, it isn't good enough and they need to know, but you know, they can do better. And the moment is about telling them, This isn't your best work, but I know what you can do.

And this is just, it's an embarrassment, but it's not an embarrassment of your ability. It's the embarrassment of the time you had or the effort you've been able to put in. And that's okay. Like that we can fix. Sometimes you look at work and you say, wow, like this person cannot do better. Full stop. Don't worry about being direct.

And this is just, it's an embarrassment, but it's not an embarrassment of your ability. It's the embarrassment of the time you had or the effort you've been able to put in. And that's okay. Like that we can fix. Sometimes you look at work and you say, wow, like this person cannot do better. Full stop. Don't worry about being direct.