[tptacek]

Both things are true: there are founders who lose Github merge privileges and start meddling because they haven't defined a long-term job for themselves, and there are most definitely pasteurized processed business units that get hired and run the exact same performative playbook at startup after startup. It's not an either-or thing.

[extr]

I'm not saying that both don't exist, I'm just saying PG's advice is so narrowly applicable as to be effectively "bad advice" for most people reading it.

[tptacek]

As this article points out: Graham's article has probably been misconstrued, and is best read as "this is something you should consider and pay attention to", and not a directive for everyone to go "be in founder mode". But to be clear: I also don't think Graham's post is especially good, though I think the issue he's engaging with is important and widely slept on.