Start: 09/6/26 10:20 PM
End: 11:20 PM
1.
Being a doctor isn’t difficult if you’re upper middle class and above.
a.
From all the friends I’ve seen that are now in med school, if you’re upper middle class & at least 60th percentile in intelligence your chances of becoming a doctor is very high. Your family just needs to fund your ‘research years’ and ‘volunteer experiences’.
b.
Takeaway: This advice applies to most careers. The ‘general’ title itself is accessible whether it’s being an engineer, lawyer, investment banker, or doctor. Thus we shouldn’t pedalize ‘titles’. For example there’s ~12k dermatologists in the US, but ~15K family medicine doctors in California.
2.
Looks-max. Being attractive makes your life 10x easier. It is unlikely your personality is 10x more attractive.
a.
The worst lie we’ve propagated in society is looks don’t matter. I’d say at all stages of careers it matters.
i.
If you’re new grad to middle career, being attractive probably gets other employees to ‘favor you’. In the worst/best case, your boss wants to fuck you so you get more promotions.
ii.
If you’re upper career, your career is probably dependent on continuing to close deals. Closing deals is fundamentally about whether I’m more attracted to Party A or B. Given deals are relatively hard to compare 1 to 1, I’d say it’s 50% the terms (i.e. price per unit, etc.), 50% vibes which then gets broken down into ‘personality’ and ‘looks’. For example, Rippling vs Gusto, who the fuck knows the true difference. It’s about did I fuck with the SA.
b.
Before, I get cancelled, I am definitely not a 10/10, so if anything note this is from personal experience.
i.
For example, when I was young I used to think what mattered more was being rich or intelligent, so I’d stay up all night reading. I’m now 5’7” and the truth is when I walk into a room full of decision makers, I tend to be on the shorter ends, while my co-founder is 6’1” and guess who people gravitate towards.
c.
Also, knowledge is definitely going closer to 0, which makes ‘vibes’ again the #1 thing to optimize towards. Obviously you can’t be dumb.
3.
Your College ‘marginally’ doesn’t matter.
a.
There’s nothing that annoys me more than people who think they’re better because they’re from XXX or YYY.
b.
When utilizing pedigree, you should always bucket it to 99.9th percentile, 80th percentile, and then the rest. Realistically no filter is so precise you find the 99.9th percentile, so it becomes a null filter. Finding the 80th percentile isn’t as hard, so focus on them. But anyone who tries to argue 80th vs 81st is probably dumb.
4.
Brand Building is Crucial
a.
As the cost of ‘building’ goes to 0, you need to focus on distribution. Either have a cracked GTM strategy (except these require constant alpha) or build a brand. The latter is easier (I promise)
5.
Story Telling is crucial (related to above)