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Swizec Teller

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Writing Scaling Fast,a book on lessons learned from ~15 years of engineering in tech startups. blog ⏵ http://swizec.com prev book ⏵ http://SeniorMindset.com

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · Oct 31

Hi folks 👋

I haven’t started a new social in like a decade. How does this work again?

Right now I’m 3 chapters from finishing a book manuscript, and recently started a high intensity rocketship job. Saw a prancing unicorn and jumped on

Mostly posting in-progress ideas from the book.

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 11h

nothing has disabused me of the idea that successful people are particularly smart or special faster than living in SFBA and mingling with the upper classes

It’s 90% access to opportunities and enough safety net to go take them

Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 1d

This is a partner that got its own keynote.
What chance does your 5 person startup have?

Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 1d

After DevDay yesterday I am convinced that any smol startup going against OpenAI or building on top of their APIs is doomed.

Deadass watched Cursor announce cool stuff coming soon followed by OpenAI going "And today we launched all those same features yay!!"

Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 3d

Bulking and distance are so hard to combine. Heart rate up to 190 (avg 150) and still I’m slow … but I can squat 200 so that’s nice

Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 4d

First batch of pre-print copies sent 🤘

Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 4d

Don't grind on something the company doesn't value. Hard work is not rewarded. Outcomes are rewarded

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The grind won't get you there | Swizec Teller

Don't grind on something the company doesn't value. Hard work is not rewarded. **_Outcomes_** are rewarded.

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 4d

“The true productivity gains are the better code quality we made along the way preparing for AI”

Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 6d

This is super cool. Now how do I find an excuse to use it hmmm

Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 7d

People literally renamed a human gene because excel kept turning it into a date

Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 8d

I wrote about my experiences living through a socialism->capitalism transition. It's getting a lot of likes from my email readers. You might enjoy it too.

Regimes come and go but the people stay.

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Most history is fake myth building | Swizec Teller

Regimes come and go but the people stay. Observations from living through a socialism->capitalism transition

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Allison F @ablington.bsky.social · Mar 30

yes

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 12d

“On average your favorite game was released when you were 12”

@JeremyCMorgan at #CYC2025

Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 12d

Woo the preprint copies made it in time to hand out at #CYC2025 🥳

Love how it turned out. Looks great printed

Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 12d

TypeScript won. If you want typed javascript, that’s the choice. If you made a different choice, migrating is worth it. #cyc2025
@cmgriffing.bsky.social

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Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 12d

Stop asking why it’s built weird, ask how do we want the code to work now?
If it feels like a bug, it’s a bug. Even if it worked right to spec last year.

~ from dinner conversations at #CYC2025

Swizec Teller @swizec.com · 12d

Thanks for the magic show!