No More “Insight Porn”
I got super lucky. I started a company and didn’t really have any meaningful traction. I was about to shut it down. Walking out of the grocery store one night after work, I passed by my former manager when I was an intern. We got to talk for about 30 seconds, mentioned my company, she asked me to email her. I did, and that very quickly led to my first big customer which makes me about double what a FAANG swe would make.<p>My advice: get lucky.<p>My insight porn version: 10 easy steps I used to get $500K ARR and how you can do it too