Tech twitter (“tech X”?) is abuzz with Paul Graham’s Founder Mode essay. How does that affect you or come into play when you’re not a founder? Does it matter at all to you, your projects & your code?
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Notes & Links
- [Founder Mode]((https://paulgraham.com/foundermode.html)
Chapters
| Chapter Number | Chapter Start Time | Chapter Title | Chapter Duration |
| 1 | 00:00 | It's Go Time! | 00:46 |
| 2 | 00:46 | Sponsor: Coder.com | 03:14 |
| 3 | 04:00 | Intro | 01:48 |
| 4 | 05:48 | Founder Mode | 08:23 |
| 5 | 14:11 | Ownership | 05:26 |
| 6 | 19:37 | Sponsor: Fly.io | 03:06 |
| 7 | 22:43 | Juniors vs seniors | 04:02 |
| 8 | 26:45 | Scoping | 08:02 |
| 9 | 34:47 | My approach to code | 00:39 |
| 10 | 35:26 | Example scenario | 10:01 |
| 11 | 45:27 | Sponsor: NordVPN | 01:03 |
| 12 | 46:30 | Unpopular Opinions! | 01:05 |
| 13 | 47:35 | Kris' unpop | 02:20 |
| 14 | 49:55 | Johnny's unpop | 03:52 |
| 15 | 53:47 | Outro | 02:26 |