Whenever a company calls itself “the leader in X” in a press release, it is never actually the leader - Auren Hoffman

best answer to rote interview question:
“my greatest weakness is having to to point out that the question, “what is your greatest weakness?”, is a bad question. like what were you actually trying to accomplish with this question? have you gotten any real insightful answers?”

I used to think the illiquidity of investing in private companies was a bug.
but I now realize the illiquidity is a feature:
by default you become a long-term investor.

one of the most satisfying things in life is marking a Jira ticket as DONE