[doctor_eval]

Good advice is only actionable when it's also timely. "Hire slow and fire fast", for example, is not helpful advice for a founder who's still trying to get seed funding -- hiring is a problem they want to have. So the advice is good but they're not likely to remember it.

You can't expect someone to squirrel away every bit of good advice, just waiting for a time when it's useful.

I mean, there are plenty of times when I've slapped my head and said, "Oh, that's what they were talking about"... but mostly they told me when I didn't have the problem, and then I remembered too late :-\

Also, this pissed me off:

> But due to the depth of knowledge and experience here in Silicon Valley, there are many high quality people who do give great advice

I may live in Lower Fartville, but... really?

[watwut]

I worked in a company that fired fast and it created a lot of insecurity. People were really wary of disagreeing with anyone remotely in more authority. They covered mistakes instead of fixing them and did everything to not look like they made a mistake.

Dont hold off firing that needs to be done, but fire has did not seemed to be too good strategy.

[doctor_eval]

Yeah - to be clear I was referencing another post with that quip. Like most advice, it’s got some merit, but reality is much more complicated. Kinda the point of these posts really!