Bennett Notes

I don't think you should worry if your job is not your passion. At the end of the day, your job is a means to a financial end. It needs to meet a small set of standards to be satisfactory.

What does it look like to be obsessed with success and prestige? Imagine a guy who starts many endeavors and side projects just because he wants to be known as the creator of something. Or someone who builds another social app, not because he has an unique problem that's unaddressed, but because he wants to be the cool tech entrepreneur who everyone admires and envies

What's the best way to choose a porta potty at a music festival? Using the optimal stopping theory (also known as the secretary problem).

The Mom Test was an excellent read on validating your business ideas and finding the right costumers. Here are my favorites quotes from the book.

I am not afraid to keep a Google Home in my bedroom. Despite the risks and concerns, it offers me convenience that I come to enjoy.

Looking for a software engineer job is not hard. Finding a software engineer job that actually brings excitement and novelty is a bigger challenge.

The team and I decided to use Istio to secure the communication of our microservices. However, we ran into many challenges using Istio in our environment.

All business ideas seem to originate from a finite group of categories; each having an unique trajectory to fruition. The four types of business ideas involve solving someone elses problem, your own problem, guessing it, and copying.

Today I learned how to make effective small talk with new people and the pareto principle

Even though people tell me not to live for the weekend, I'm starting to find that my best life occurs during the Saturday and Sunday that I have off. It's a process that I'm trying to break and improve upon.