Will Bryk

I mean, people might not like this word, but I look for passion.

It's like someone's just got fire in their eye.

Like, do they really care about what we're doing?

Or some aspect of what we're doing.

Like, I really want to scale this thing.

Or I really want to sell this to everyone.

Because why is that important?

It was important five years ago, but I think it's especially important now because...

Like, the world goes to who is most passionate, who is most agentic, because, like, you can now do anything.

Like, you could be whatever you want.

Like, you know, like, with agentic tools, you could literally, like, do anything.

And what matters most is, like, how much do you care about the end result?

Yeah.

And then, like, your judgment and everything.

And so, like, I look for the fire in the eye because if you have that fire, you could literally do anything.

It's actually crazy how meritocratic the world is becoming because of these agentic tools filling the gaps.

Awesome.

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