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The Secret of Profitability (SOP) is a high profile start-up in the Silicon Valley.
It’s "high profile" because

it has two of the most famous venture capitalists on earth sitting on its board.
it had received $100 million in venture funding.
its senior management consists of super stars from major internet companies such as Google and Amazon, [...]

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Jake called me yesterday morning. He informed me that he just gave notice to his boss. He was leaving his employer. Jack called me because I was one of his customers, and we had collaborated for the past three years.
Jake was a member of the senior management team in his company. On the surface, he [...]

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After I graduated from business school, I took a job at a medium sized Internet company in Southern California.
I was living in the San Francisco Bay Area at that time. So, I packed my belongs and drove to the L.A. area. For some reasons, instead of finding an apartment, I chose to stay in [...]

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"Therefore one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the most skillful. Seizing the enemy without fighting is the most skillful." — The Art of War, Sun Tzu.
Jack is a hard working software developer. Like many of us, he works for a highly dysfunctional organization. He is part of a major software project that [...]

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When I was an impressionable college student, I bought into the notion of "team work". As a computer science student, I did many projects in a team environment. I tried hard to be the team player, was willing to sacrifice for the team, and never hesitated to take on tedious tasks for the team.
Professors, recruiters, [...]

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