mcarreiro

This is probably going to feel obvious but YouTube. You can learn most of the things on YouTube nowadays, there are videos and tutorials for basically all hobbies. That's my first go-to place when I'm learning something new, and then I try to understand who can be good people to learn from and follow them on other media as well (mainly twitter).

Satya is one of the best CEOs of this decade, truly amazing to see how Microsoft has evolved since he took over. I still wonder what Microsoft could have become if they had put more effort and a better strategy with Windows Phone... Perhaps if it was led by Satya it'd have been different.

Very cool.

Do you know what's the current status of this project? Wave energy is one of the most challenging forms of generating electricity, hats off to anyone working on it!

Working on building a newsletter about key learnings from the best and most innovative companies in the world. My goal is to understand what did they do to become better than everyone else, so that others can adapt and improve their own businesses with these learnings. If you're interested you can read here: https://disclosinggrowth.substack.com/welcome

So far I've written about companies like Revolut, Notion and Webflow.

There's no perfect answer. Could you make enough from the private classes if you did them full time?

If not, and if your goal is to start your own business, I'd say that you need to have free time to work on it. It's generally not the best idea to quit your job without having something lined up for your business idea and without traction, so I wouldn't quit just yet.

Like you said, going for a more "conventional" company is also an option, as it'd give you more free time to work on your side project while still earning money to finance it.

If it was me I'd do this last option, I think it's the most balanced solution. Just be selective in choosing the company as you also don't want to feel demotivated with your main job.

Didn’t think about Cloudfare, great choice!

AWS is amazing, I’ve heard that it represents more than 50% of Amazon’s operating income.

Aren’t some companies like Microsoft already experimenting in specific countries having 4-day workweeks with good results?

The problem is that we spend more time on meetings and talking about things than actually doing them. If 4-Day workweeks would become the norm society would adapt to it - perhaps there would be less meetings, less breaks and productivity levels would increase.

Although it was inevitable, I’m not looking forward at all to a future where VR and AR will have ads.

Thanks for the feedback! Those are valid points. I agree that initially it can feel overwhelming, but once that initial stage passes you understand the potential it has. But there is always unavoidable complexity when your product is a combination of several tools in the same place - text editor, calendar, to-do list, and so on.

Regarding making a small market reach compared to Word - that's true but bear in mind that this is a product that was originally launched 5 years ago, and only in 2018 it started gaining significant traction.

Exactly, PayPal used the same approach. It works but it’s unsustainable in the long term.

I’m not aware of HSBC but my experience with Revolut (also in Portugal) is pretty good. Especially useful when traveling.

I think they suffered from a toxic culture that comes from the “growth at all cost” mindset. Hopefully this has changed by now, as the company gets more mature and starts thinking more on the long term.