The more I listen to DHH and Jason the more I see overlaps in our ideas and beliefs and I don’t know if this is as a result of studying them for so long or I’ve always been like this 🥹
I love watching this podcast, I usually end up with a big smile while watching it. The topics you talk about are interesting, your voices are pleasant, but the way you deliver your knowledge, your experiences, is simply captivating, each on their own style. Thank you for talking about public speaking, I learned a lot.
Every time I watch the videos of this channel, I see great public speakers. For example the vocal variety of DHH is amazing, they are to come up with a structure of what they have to say that is perfect, Jason is great in simplifying complex topics with few words... he reminds me what Gerald Weinberg was saying about writers "you have to write in a way that the reader at the end of the book is willing to investigate more". I have the same feeling when I hear Jason speaking.
This is a gem of a video. Reflects my position. For a certain size of company. You don't require pure managers. Every one works. If you have pure managers they create work to justify their existence but creates no value for the company.
Totally agree. And although my position is Engineering Manager my hands are dirty all day. I have the same thoughts about respect as Jason. Be as close as possible to the real work (code)
I wish I would have looked into 37 signals when I was in my formative working years. You guys are doing it right. I just never knew there was anyone out there doing it.
Another thing I've noticed is managers actually hold back professional growth of individual contributors. Decisions and communication responsibilities are taken away from individual contributors, who then have no need to focus on improving communication, collaboration, time-management, etc. Employees quickly learn that their job is to please their manager, rather than align themselves with the needs of the business and stakeholders. Contrary to popular belief managers do not foster employee growth - they actively hinder it.
I like to use recurring to-dos. Is there a way to not have the to-do immediately populate with the next one when you check it off? I want the list for that given week to disappear as I check it off. Not continue to repopulate with next week's recurring tasks.
I am not sure if I'm in the right place to ask questions, but... I'd love to hear David and Jason's thoughts on this: How can a solo entrepreneur navigate today's oversaturated market dominated by AI products if they just want to create user-friendly and genuinely useful products (not another AI wrapper)? How do you approach marketing when you have no audience? How do you come up with new ideas and validate them? I'm really curious about your take on this because, firstly, I think it's a pretty interesting topic to discuss, and secondly, your company's minimalist approach to everything feels very much in line with the solo entrepreneurship spirit. Your insights would be super valuable for the community.
Basic stuff is usually seen as "something we used to worry about, but not anymore". Basic stuff doesn't usually raise funds or make good advertisement. But it's called basic for a reason, it's the basis for other things. Solid bases sustain sophisticated stuff longer and better!
Hi Jason! Thanks for the great video! I'm thrilled to start using "Card Table" for project management purposes. I have a few questions: Can I create status reports (or tracking reports) to show progress of where I am in the process for various projects? And is there some kind of analytics reporting based on collected data that would show insights or areas of improvement, for example?
Nice to see the inclusion of the OPS and SIP teams in this talk. As mentioned in this talk, there is quite some reactive work in these teams, as well as planned/structured work. It would be nice to see how these teams organize themselves to respond to reactive work and still get their other work done; while still adhering to the calm workplace that 37signals stands for, and possibly coping with the cycle approach.
Guys, can you dedicate an episode where you take us through the beginnings of 37 signal? How the co-founders met. Did you decide to build something first and get to know each other and go from there? At what point and which milestone did you decide that this is the founding team. Or was it love at first sight? 😀.
Hey there! We talk a bit about how Jason and David got their start in this episode. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9b9Jkw4ZbBw.html. Enjoy! -Kimberly
I like the 6-week cycles, and the heartbeats. I'll figure out how to implement something like that for myself, because sometimes I feel like I don't do enough, so this might be a way to keep track. Thank you for sharing!
this sort of thing is for many people "to be or not to be", so many people who are hiring build a candidate picture based on myopic point of view related to the shape and color of theirs hammer
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