SaaS is still alive despite AI coding because teams need to get it right first-time
They don’t have time to vibe-iterate
Seen that in several buy vs build decisions for operations
Stuff like procurement, time entry, etc, stuff that seems perfect to use AI to build something
Founder just told me he believes in me to fix everything he needs done
I appreciate the love but would love it even more if I could build my own dreams
Ppl complain about cookie banners all the time but nobody about 2FA, TOTP, passkeys etc
Changing MFA device is such a painful experience
The more Authenticator items the more pain
The size of the B2B deal pays for Procurement, Legal and Dave 🤑
Across a 12h timezone difference 😭
The game rewards risk takers but I’m just a 🐱
Roast my startup hitting different😭
To feel like you're not alone in this world 😂
Remotely managing an office move-in in Philadelphia 🥲
Pretty sure not many people do this
Learning so many things I honestly don’t care about
Certificates of insurance requirements, freight elevator, etc
Just granted a 50% raise to a true A-player
Doing data visualization, fully remote
Nailing the stakeholder management of difficult lawyers
All while delivering the product
I don't care how many years of experience, take my money!
You doing better now? What happened?
The journey from full set of 8 nespresso flavors in the pantry to nescafe instant coffee mix
😭
It's the equivalent of "waiting for your crush to text" for wantrepreneurs
The best part is that you can tell all your friends about "I signed up to the coworking space because of xyz..."
Don't have to tell them how often you went 😎
Health over everything!
We learn that with time 🥲
YC says to do the non-scalable while maximizing learning
I'm seeing that it's too easy to stay stuck at the first part
Pushing for the second at my clientsr but it ain't easy🤞🏽
I spend my days getting stuff done
I get paid well but know viscerally that the value accrues elsewhere 😭
I paid the $25, blew my mind
Talked to a McKinsey guy and turned out they all already knew all along 😂
Or manually reconciling invoices with a contract lying around an inbox somewhere 😅
Don't ask me how I know 😭
Interviewing for a remote Procurement manager position
It's a whole area of work with different specializations
I feel the skills are broadly cross-applicable but man how do I reject candidates
The latter is the higher agency choice as well
Empowers yourself 💪🏽💪🏽
As long as the PTO policy is unlimited we're all OK!
(And we don't have to actually take it 🤪)
All those sweet-nothings...
That's the free version!
Getting the full paid package should upgrade the speed
In theory at least!
Happened to me at Etihad
Surprising the board also comes from not sharing ahead of time and opening a bilateral discussion
More proactive move I'd say!
As an Ops lead modernizing a tech firm, we're at Day 1
Upgrading software for accounting, procurement, time entry, the basics
Barely got General Counsel to write a half-page AI policy allowing Copilot and one more niche tool 😂
Suspect many companies are still so far behind
I'd say "never surprise the board" comes first!
I swear by a bit of melatonin - less than 1mg works great
I'm kind of an interesting one
Polyglot and semi-native English speaker
"Semi" because in Singapore we code-switch from Singlish into proper English
Over the years living around Europe, I know prefer European English
Competent, but using plain words that require no explanation
