Sharing the joy of cooking @ParsnipApp ← @MSFTResearch ← computer science PhD @Harvard. Building in the open @ https://t.co/ejZ53P5TmZ. Leveling up at 🏓.
Mar 20, 2022 • 38 tweets • 14 min read
Over the last 5 years I've slowly transitioned, with occasional painful moments, from academic #research to founding a #startup. Here's what I've learned as a #PhD turned #founder, a thread 🧵:
Step one of this journey, leaving #academia in the first place, was one of the hardest parts. It's a big leap to take, which I previously wrote about here:
This thread reflects on how everything changed after that.
Jan 13, 2022 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
The closest feeling I've felt to building a startup, outside of actually building a #startup, is playing Sid Meier's #Civilization.
(1/n)
But compared to Civ, a startup:
- has way more complex and nuanced strategies and best practices, but no Civilopedia
- doesn't let you save the game and pick it up later
- doesn't always let you "one more turn"... sometimes you just have to take a break or do it tomorrow
