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I kind of think of engineering like the chefs at a restaurant. Nobody’s going to deny chefs are integrally important, but there’s also so many other people who contribute to a great meal.

Ben Silbermann

I thought Google was the coolest place. People there were so smart and they were all doing these really interesting things. I just felt really lucky to be a part of it even in a small way.
BEN SILBERMANN

Interesting People Smart
I look around my neighborhood, and I see people hailing a cab or ordering their food and then paying for it all with their phone. I’ve read about that stuff for a really long time, and now it’s starting to become commonplace.
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Long People Phones
People say doing a startup is like a marathon. It’s actually a roadtrip at night with no headlights.
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Night People Thinking
I want Pinterest to be human. The Internet’s still so abstract… To me, boards are a very human way of looking at the world.
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Boards Way World
One of the things I’ve learned is to be receptive of feedback.
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Inspirational Inspiring Learn
We want the average person to use it and think that it makes the experience of using Pinterest better.
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Average Pinterest Thinking
I kind of think of engineering like the chefs at a restaurant. Nobody’s going to deny chefs are integrally important, but there’s also so many other people who contribute to a great meal.
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Engineering People Thinking
I used to wake up and look at our analytics and think, “What if yesterday was the last day anyone used Pinterest?” Like, everyone collectively decided, “We’re done!” Over time I got more confidence.
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Anyone Thinking Yesterday
Most people generalize whatever they did, and say that was the strategy that made it work.
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Made People Strategy
Don’t take too much advice. Most people who have a lot of advice to give ~ with a few exceptions ~ generalize whatever they did. Don’t over-analyze everything. I myself have been guilty of over-thinking problems. Just build things and find out if they work.
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Business Giving Thinking
I always just want to move along to the next step.
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Moving Steps Want
Don’t take too much advice.
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Advice Entrepreneur Levers
The companies that I really admire the most are the ones that have a deep visceral understanding of why people use their service, and they figure out ways of making money that are completely consistent with how people are feeling and what they are doing at the time.
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Entrepreneur Feelings People
I think anyone who makes products has this simultaneous joy and, almost, shame looking at it. You look at it all day and all you can see is all these things you want to make better.
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Joy Looks Thinking
You think you’re going to Toledo but you’re actually going to Miami and you might not have enough gas so you might need to buy gas from someone who might take you out if you aren’t driving well
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Country Driving Enough Gas Someone
There’s a lot of pressure to look like the last company that was successful.
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Entrepreneur Looks Successful

I kind of think of engineering like the chefs at a restaurant. Nobody’s going to deny chefs are integrally important, but there’s also so many other people who contribute to a great meal.

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