Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age

The people you can say heretical things to without getting jumped on are also the most interesting to know.

institution. A more direct way to put it would be: you need to start doing something people want.

get rich you need to get yourself in a situation with two things, measurement and leverage. You need to be in a position where your performance can be measured, or there is no way to get paid more by doing more. And you have to have leverage, in the sense that the decisions you make have a big effect.

should be “i pensieri stretti & il viso sciolto.” Closed thoughts and an open face. Smile at everyone, and don’t tell

There are only two things you have to know about business: build something users love, and make more than you spend.

But a more serious problem is that the company has no way of measuring the value of your work.

whole company moving in one direction or another.

An example of a job with both measurement and leverage would be lead actor in a movie. Your performance can be measured in the gross of the movie. And you have leverage in the sense that your performance can make or break it. CEOs also have both measurement and leverage. They’re measured, in that the performance of the company is their performance.

them what you’re thinking.