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		recursivedoubts on June 12, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Quit Being a Cynic at Work. It's Holding You Back you should be a cynic without being cynical (that means be pleasant, happy and indifferent to the outrages of fortune you will encounter) and understand where your company is in the MacLeod Life Cycle: https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...

neilv on June 12, 2024 [–]

> A Sociopath with an idea recruits just enough Losers to kick off the cycle.

Ahem. The preferred nomenclature is "Founder" and "Founding Engineers".

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