Tobi Lütke

And these expectations, the high expectations and the exacting standards and the, hey, we are building something unique and that is uncomfortable, but we are, all that is 100% lot-bearing for the success.

There is no chance this is a...

um, accidental success that happens to have these sort of downsides of high expectations along the way.

And because of this, it was harder than it otherwise would have.

But, like, now that we have arrived somewhere, we can stop having these expectations.

No, fuck, they are the reason why everyone is there.

And everyone who wants to work for you wants to work for you because that was part of the story.

And if not, then it's not going to work.

And it's actually kind of unkind to not tell people early because they might, you know, our careers are not that long and people should like only work for places where they can be one of, where they have the potential to be one of the top performers at.

And if we already figured that out in recruiting, but like, yeah, probably not going to be one of the top

who probably isn't what they are going for, but, like, they'll be a solid contributor.

Yeah, that's miserable.

Like, someone who is a mediocre performer at your podcast will very likely be absolutely badass somewhere else.

So, let them go be top performer somewhere else.

I think that's a hard one lesson.

And it's, you know, maybe even an unpopular thing, but it's also just kind of true.

And as they say,

truth doesn't care about everyone's feelings.

So it's better to explain this.

I think it's...