Hey friends,

This is my first blog post about weekly knowledge. If you’re curious why I started this weekly knowledge post, please read this.

Here is the list of knowledge I got from 4 - 9 January 2021:

1. Rockstars and Superstars (from book Radical Candor by Kim Scott)

   Rockstar: motivated by being consistent, focused experts, knowledgeable and become cornerstone of the team but frustated with change.

   Rockstar engineer: happiness come when they can go deeply in the area of expertise. They will not perform well if the team keeps changing. Manager should protect them and they will perform.

   Rockstar manager: happiness is when working closely with the team and enjoy never ending cycle improving the current staff, supporting growth and identifying area to be improved. Product manager love to work with this type of manager.

   Superstar: love always-changing-environment, performs best when working with variety in project. The team love new opportunities, new projects, new teams, and new adventure.

   Superstar engineer: Variety is the key! They are less detail focus, may possibly leave some bugs, but the ability to get excited and spread the enthusiasm is extremely useful.

   Superstar manager: always want new opportunity. Someone probably want your job, so be careful. Even they are not ready to climb the org chart, superstar manager will always find it is fun to manage a different team in the new era. Stagnation is the enemy. If you have brand new project, give them this project and they’ll fly!

2. Jason Fried, Why 40 Hours is Enough: Lessons from Basecamp - Lean Startup 2016

   Company is a product as well! Interesting culture from Basecamp: (1) Remove the meeting (more than 2 people). Instead, every employee always write notes no matter how small it is. (2) make library rule in the office, so everyone can work at their best. (3) hire globally. company always want hire the best engineer, but the best engineer is not always within 20 miles radius of your office.

3. Investment tips (This Week in Startup: E1158 Andy Rachleff)

   Always assess product market fit when you want to start the new investment. Even the stock go lower, it will be a good opportunity to buy more stocks. Have a faith on the company! Sell when the price is super high. Don’t sell just because of the short excitement. You could lose more opportunity in the future when you made that wrong decision. Always back all decision based on your research not feeling!