Optima & Outliers
Vaishnav SunilExploring the intersections of talent, innovation, and career trajectories.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 42 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 5 months ago |
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Better Than "Just Do Something"
“If you’re stuck and don’t know what to do, just do something.”
I think this is good advice for those who struggle with perfectionism and/or analysis-paralysis, although some forget to caveat that this mostly applies for decisions that are...
Hiring the Illegible
Hiring is not like buying software
There are two ways to be wrong about hiring. The first is to say "we want the best people" without defining "best" or acknowledging that each additional bullet point on a job description has a cost. It...
On Palantir and Neurodivergence
Alex Karp has been in the news since his interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin. Some professional commenters seemed confident that Karp’s mannerisms belied not his neurodivergence but his fondness for a drug that its users fondly call ‘cocaína’...
Why do Companies care about 'Culture'?
Imagine a company with open borders—not the chaotic kind where anyone can waltz in and loot the corporate treasury, but the libertarian version: Any manager can hire whoever they want, as long as it fits their budget. No centralized culture...
Why is LinkedIn So Cringe - Part 2
In my last post, I argued that cringe occurs when the receiver perceives a gap between what they think someone meant to signal and what actually was communicated. To put it in context:
<Insert average humblebrag post>Inferred intended si...
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I write about meta politics, social psychology and human capital. Also host the Moral Mayhem podcast with Regan Arntz-Gray. Follow me on Twitter at @vaishsg7
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