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Raw Reflections

Rough ideas and reflections that still lack one doneness. These are the seeds that will often grow into full-blown essays.

Sustainability Is Your Unfair Advantage for Hiring.

Why Growing Fast and Big Won’t Help You Hire the Right People and Will Poison Your Business.

Roberto Rodes
January 12, 2022 Leave a Comment
5 min read

A few weeks ago, I stumbled upon a reply by Justin Jackson to this other tweet by Ben Tossell. I've been in that situation multiple …

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Prototype Before Building the Real Thing.

How I Used Prototyping to De-risk a New Product and Why That Might Be a Clever Idea for You as Well.

Roberto Rodes
January 12, 2022 Leave a Comment
5 min read

When creating a new product, we usually do research, write specs, draw sketches and diagrams, and a long etcetera of activities for finding …

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Prescriptive Solutions Sell (And Break) More Easily.

Roberto Rodes
January 12, 2022 Leave a Comment
1 min read

The more prescriptive a solution, the easier it is to sell. Thinking is exhausting, so simpler, pre-cooked solutions are usually easier …

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Shortcuts Do Not Work.

Roberto Rodes
October 13, 2021 Leave a Comment
2 min read

If you're learning a new discipline and trying to grow on top of it, there is something that barely ever works: taking shortcuts. You can …

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Don’t Let Your Results Fool You.

Roberto Rodes
October 11, 2021 Leave a Comment
3 min read

We tend to judge our decisions based on the results we get. But is that the right thing to do? When we start learning to code, it’s usual …

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Core Principles for Trading.

Roberto Rodes
October 8, 2021 Leave a Comment
10 min read

Throughout the past year diving into the world of trading, there is a problem I've been recurrently experiencing: derailing from the …

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There Is No Last Word.

You don't need as much to start sharing your work.

Roberto Rodes
August 2, 2021 Leave a Comment
3 min read

Working in public has been burdening me for a long time. If you're like the old me, you're always trying to craft a masterpiece before …

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Problems Need to Be Concrete.

Roberto Rodes
July 27, 2021 Leave a Comment
1 min read

As Ryan Singer commented on Twitter the other day, "What sounds like a problem often isn't concrete enough." That's a common trap with …

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When Will It Be Ready?

Roberto Rodes
July 23, 2021 Leave a Comment
2 min read

How many times have I heard this question? When I worked for others and started working on a new product, they couldn't stop asking: "When …

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