David Singleton
Person on 4 sites
Engineering leader; Stripe's chief technology officer in 2023, earlier 11 years at Google, where he was a VP of Engineering; later co-founded /dev/agents,…
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4 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
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2 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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8 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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A startup should build the smallest possible team, hire diligently and pay above market on equity. (opens korrents.com)
“Comp & offer principles — our underlying thesis: build the smallest possible team, hire incredibly diligently, pay above-market on equity to reflect that.”
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Most employee handbooks are far too long; one should be readable and useful. (opens korrents.com)
“The vast majority are way too long and a total snooze. If we’re going to make someone read something on day one, let’s make it genuinely readable and useful.”
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Shipping fast compounds only if you are also learning fast. (opens korrents.com)
“I’ve learned over the years that shipping fast compounds exponentially only if you’re also learning fast. Otherwise, you’re just pushing volume (and many mistakes) into production, celebrating the wrong kind of momentum.”
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A startup should build the smallest possible team, hire diligently and pay above market on equity. (opens korrents.com)
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4 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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High Output Management (opens rcmnd.app)
“High Output Management by Andy Grove is definitely the book that I've recommended the most.”
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Build (opens rcmnd.app)
“I've really enjoyed Build by Tony Fadell. Tony worked on the iPod and then the iPhone and then was the founder of Nest and he puts a tremendous amount of thought into his users and how to build really great crafted…”
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Scaling People (opens rcmnd.app)
“Claire Hughes Johnson's book Scaling People. Even though it only just came out, I've recommended it a lot.”
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High Output Management (opens rcmnd.app)