Max Levchin

There will be not enough seats, not enough cubbyholes to hide in because people will be there in such quantities and everything in between. It's not true that we are fully back.

There will be not enough seats, not enough cubbyholes to hide in because people will be there in such quantities and everything in between. It's not true that we are fully back.

I think there's a ton of value in being fully back. Again, like everything else, there's texture to this value. If you have a C-level team, one way of pushing them into the B-level is you make sure they all sit together and are surrounded by A players who are constantly telling them like, hey, go better, do more. If you have a great team, some people are actually more productive.

I think there's a ton of value in being fully back. Again, like everything else, there's texture to this value. If you have a C-level team, one way of pushing them into the B-level is you make sure they all sit together and are surrounded by A players who are constantly telling them like, hey, go better, do more. If you have a great team, some people are actually more productive.

I think there's a ton of value in being fully back. Again, like everything else, there's texture to this value. If you have a C-level team, one way of pushing them into the B-level is you make sure they all sit together and are surrounded by A players who are constantly telling them like, hey, go better, do more. If you have a great team, some people are actually more productive.

when they are able to cut out all distractions. And so they can hide themselves in their spare bedroom and just write code for 12 hours or design product for 12 hours or whatever it is. And so I care a lot more about output and productivity than I care about where you are physically. But the thing that I'm completely non compromising about, there has to be enough together time.

when they are able to cut out all distractions. And so they can hide themselves in their spare bedroom and just write code for 12 hours or design product for 12 hours or whatever it is. And so I care a lot more about output and productivity than I care about where you are physically. But the thing that I'm completely non compromising about, there has to be enough together time.

when they are able to cut out all distractions. And so they can hide themselves in their spare bedroom and just write code for 12 hours or design product for 12 hours or whatever it is. And so I care a lot more about output and productivity than I care about where you are physically. But the thing that I'm completely non compromising about, there has to be enough together time.

And so the notion of everybody back in the office, even if all of your meetings are on Zoom because you're talking to our team in Madrid from San Francisco, it's hard to make that argument. It's just not a very productive use of commute time.

And so the notion of everybody back in the office, even if all of your meetings are on Zoom because you're talking to our team in Madrid from San Francisco, it's hard to make that argument. It's just not a very productive use of commute time.

And so the notion of everybody back in the office, even if all of your meetings are on Zoom because you're talking to our team in Madrid from San Francisco, it's hard to make that argument. It's just not a very productive use of commute time.

If you live in East Bay and you need to get in BART and you ride across and you get to the office and you get into a cubbyhole and then you're on Zoom for 12 hours or five hours or six hours, whatever it is, it's hard to make the argument that you should have been in that BART train coming in and coming back. The

If you live in East Bay and you need to get in BART and you ride across and you get to the office and you get into a cubbyhole and then you're on Zoom for 12 hours or five hours or six hours, whatever it is, it's hard to make the argument that you should have been in that BART train coming in and coming back. The

If you live in East Bay and you need to get in BART and you ride across and you get to the office and you get into a cubbyhole and then you're on Zoom for 12 hours or five hours or six hours, whatever it is, it's hard to make the argument that you should have been in that BART train coming in and coming back. The

the argument of i've never met my team but i'm as productive in person i only see them on zoom is a stupid argument that's just not true like you form relationships you understand each other's decision-making style you break bread together you form camaraderie that has to happen like that that is entirely not optional and i think everyone who's saying i can be fully remote and these people don't ever have to meet in person is getting themselves

the argument of i've never met my team but i'm as productive in person i only see them on zoom is a stupid argument that's just not true like you form relationships you understand each other's decision-making style you break bread together you form camaraderie that has to happen like that that is entirely not optional and i think everyone who's saying i can be fully remote and these people don't ever have to meet in person is getting themselves

the argument of i've never met my team but i'm as productive in person i only see them on zoom is a stupid argument that's just not true like you form relationships you understand each other's decision-making style you break bread together you form camaraderie that has to happen like that that is entirely not optional and i think everyone who's saying i can be fully remote and these people don't ever have to meet in person is getting themselves

We had to do a layoff two years ago. That was morale lowest point for me and I think everyone around me. And those are never easy. And I've had to do more than one in my life. And every time it doesn't get any easier, it's always brutal. And no matter how- Did you learn anything about messaging from the first time taken to the second time?

We had to do a layoff two years ago. That was morale lowest point for me and I think everyone around me. And those are never easy. And I've had to do more than one in my life. And every time it doesn't get any easier, it's always brutal. And no matter how- Did you learn anything about messaging from the first time taken to the second time?

We had to do a layoff two years ago. That was morale lowest point for me and I think everyone around me. And those are never easy. And I've had to do more than one in my life. And every time it doesn't get any easier, it's always brutal. And no matter how- Did you learn anything about messaging from the first time taken to the second time?