Fierce Nerds
&quot;Will you be clever at the expense of others, or will you be kind?&quot; -Jeff Bezos<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.princeton.edu&#x2F;news&#x2F;2010&#x2F;05&#x2F;30&#x2F;2010-baccalaureate-remarks" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.princeton.edu&#x2F;news&#x2F;2010&#x2F;05&#x2F;30&#x2F;2010-baccalaureate...</a><p>&quot;Fierce nerds&quot; can be valuable. Sure. But the folks who truly stand out in my mind are a level higher. They&#x27;re the ones at the top of their game, who know how to demand &amp; command excellence, without being jerks about it.<p>I&#x27;m reminded of this episode of &quot;The Chef Show&quot; where Jon Favreau compliments Roy Choi behind his back. He tells Bill Burr that he had followed Roy around for a full day, going to all his restaurants and food trucks, and not once did Roy raise his voice to his staff. It&#x27;s pretty cool to see how much admiration one artist&#x2F;leader has for the other, not because of their technical skills but because they choose to be kind.<p>I don&#x27;t think we need to settle for being &quot;fierce nerds&quot;.