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Be Less Scared of Overconfidence 8 minutes read.
This. A thousand times this: "The problem is that the bad consequences of underconfidence and under-ambition are severe but subtle, whereas the bad consequences of overconfidence and wishful thinking are milder but more obvious. If you’re overconfident, you’ll try things that fail, and people will laugh at you. If you’re underconfident, you’ll avoid making risky bets, and miss out on the potential upside, but nobody will know for sure what you missed. That means it’s always tempting to do what the low-info heuristic tells you and be less ambitious—but ultimately, that ends up being worse for the world."
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The Chief Architect Role — Part 3 (Who I Work With) 5 minutes read.
"That being the case, most of my work, the Chief Architect’s work, is in making sure this entire thing that we call a product offering, the systems that comprise it, make sense. How do we do that? Well, mainly by getting as broad as a perspective as possible and by the delicate act of steering, which I’ll touch on a bit later. How do we get the needed perspective? by interacting with the various stakeholders in the company." -- The exact role in each company is slightly different, so getting some perspective and insights is helpful if you consider taking such a role in your career.
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