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by renewiltord 673 days ago
It’s true in that there is comparative advantage in not doing it.

That’s what makes it a cultural scissor, and therefore a useful discriminator: there is no right answer, but there is definitely one kind of person these guys are selecting for.

I also like working with the kind of person who sometimes eschews comparative advantage. More than a decade ago, a startup I was at had our conference.

We ran barebones: front desk, ushers, lighting, everything. Run by members of the team. I was on engineering, at the front desk. It was great fun. Our customers loved it.