by default I'm more opportunistic than strategic. Aka moving fast on a small opportunity right in front of us, rather than backchaining from a grand theory of change.

I'm very generative, have many ideas, feel free to follow up on whichever are promising or ignore ones that aren't. (Plausibly, one way to work well with me is to keep a single thing you find important, on track)

read really fast; type really fast

love writeups, retros, postmortems, written culture

• send me stuff to read

generally processes information pretty fast

• tell me if I'm going too fast in a meeting etc

my appetite for complexity is extremely high. I like figuring out weird deals or new initiatives, all the time. and having my fingers in many pies, and switching between them quickly

• however, this is probably not optimal in many contexts. also I probably forget that people I work with have a lower appetite/excitement to take on arbitrarily complex or varied work. lmk if you think this is happening

have a contrarian streak

like async/remote work, find it very productive; with in-person stuff more for social bonding

hate big meetings. meetings are most productive as 2-3 ppl

I'll probably push for big meetings to be written on Notion primarily

chase me if you're blocked on sth

I’m probably too nice by default, so ask explicitly for critical feedback if you want it

I also don't get enough feedback by default (it's a bit cursed, as a manager), so please offer to give feedback! especially in our 1:1s, but anytime is fine