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Any writer or communities in this space that I could engage with to find out more?
Is the best way to just join a sales team?
Are there any roles or departments, relevant to this audience, that are particularly safe?
I imagine you cut mostly from loss-centres as with profit centres you can tell who is making and who isn't, right?
Who hires and who do you present your recommendations to, what are their decision criteria?
Very generous of you to do this. I really appreciate it.
Thanks in advance.
Edit: Grammar and manners
Also, innovation is not an end in itself. The question is do, PMs add value?
The author is right that the founder is the best product manager and should only handover to a dedicated PM once the business is ready to scale.
User 'jschveibinz' describes it well.
This underplays what happened. FTX implosion appears to be due to fraud, lack of controls within the organisation and puts in question the judgement of the EA community, VCs, auditors, media.
The lessons to draw are not technical in nature. To continue the author's analogy: Wehrner von Brau as an individuap, construction and inspection procedures, or security culture at Nasa. They are instead fundamental. And would put in question all of NASA, the ecosystem (universities, suppliers), funders like the Congress and the president , and any oversight agencies.
If the what we've learnt so far is confirmed, then a Sequoia investment and its due diligence failed, trust in the EA community is undermined as it is not particularly ethical or rational.