Sublime

irreverence without disrespect, competence without arrogance, ambition without ego.

was the guardian of the Facebook Ads team, sussing out obscene

all my experience in both startups and large companies, including and especially at Facebook, I would always prefer—a hundred times prefer—being subject to the rigors of the market, the fickleness of luck, and the whims of users than to navigate the popularity-contest politics of a large company, surrounded by the mediocre duffers who’ve succeeded

and you are their first whiff of corporate