i feel awkward when people "submit themselves" when there is a hiring conversation like they put themselves in beta mode or something i don't want to work with people that show themselves worse than they are traditional work structure is obsolete, where the biggest monkey is at the top we can step up and become better monkeys now, create positive sum games instead of zero sum games is there even an advantage to try to dominate others? just act like the best version of yourself show up every day do the thing that bring you where you want to go have an irrational instinct for integrity but optimise yourself before you can optimise the rest egoism first altruism second the other way around DOES NOT WORK It's hard for an empty sack to stand upright it's hard to give what you don't have it's like dating or fundraising you want to date when you're fit you want to fundraise when you have traction you want to sell when you have a product (or a good idea of one that you can build)