References

What's behind this letter — the people and ideas that shaped how I work. A living list; more to come.

• Elad Gil — High Growth Handbook — the case for a user manual for working with you
• Claire Hughes Johnson — Scaling People / "Working with Claire" — the operating-manual this letter is patterned on
• Kenneth Stanley & Joel Lehman — Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned — the objective paradox behind the variety here (and behind Picbreeder)
• andys.blog/influences — the fuller, living list of what shaped this

Glossary

A few Andy-isms, decoded. Also a living list.

[WIP]

work-in-progress — usually in a document title

v nice

very nice

80-20

the Pareto principle: ~80% of the result from ~20% of the effort