Ben Horowitz quotes - page 2

A good engineering interview will include some set of difficult problems to solve. It might even require that the candidate write a short program. In addition, it will test the candidate's knowledge of the tools she uses in great depth. (Ben Horowitz)
Most companies that go through layoffs are never the same. They don't recover because trust is broken. And if you're not honest at the point where you're breaking trust anyway, you will never recover. View quote
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How do you make your company a good place to work in general? That's a really, really, really large and complex set of skills. A lot of it is on-the-job training, combined with excellent mentorship. View quote
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In Silicon Valley, when you're a private company, the entrepreneur can do no wrong. View quote
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Here's Kanye, the great musical genius of his generation in hip hop, but, like, society really can't even deal with him because he's always saying something that people go, 'Oh, I can't believe Kanye said that. I can't believe he did that.' View quote
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In life, you don't have a level of confrontation and the nonsense you run into when you're a CEO. CEOs aren't born. View quote
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