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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: TripAdvisor

Seeing Both Sides

I remember last year settling into the booth of a café deep in the rainforest in Costa Rica and looking up to see a placard on the table begging for a positive TripAdvisor review. I first met Steve when he was VP of Engineering at Centerline software, a software development tools startup, and I was a junior in college.

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Ten Things I Will Never Have to Do Again

Software By Rob

In other words, I’d rather spend my time writing code, talking to customers, and marketing my products than managing employees who would do that work for me. If I go back to Costa Rica I will likely be off the grid for a week or two and I won’t worry about it while I’m gone.

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Ten Things I Will Never Have to Do Again

Software By Rob

In other words, I’d rather spend my time writing code, talking to customers, and marketing my products than managing employees who would do that work for me. If I go back to Costa Rica I will likely be off the grid for a week or two and I won’t worry about it while I’m gone.