Three years ago today I walked out of Google into the crisp autumn air of independence. My friend Jonathan Schnapp hosted a quit party for me at the Royal Palms shuffleboard club and I was suddenly out on my own.
(This is something I encourage everyone to do when they quit a job btw - quit parties are the best).
It's been three years of being self-employed and so far things have been great. A close friend recently said I haven't been lucky I've been patient. And... there's something to that. It's taken me a while to find my feet and find interesting work but it feels like the past 12 months have been filled with good work,
Three years on the road - go read the whole post. I also break down my five obsessions for the year ahead. It's personal but maybe you'll get something from it?
(Btw - if you want something that's not about me go and
watch this video about machine learning, creativity, writing and text generation. It's simply the best thing I've watched recently.
Much love to all 97 of you. Till next time my tinyletter companions.
Tom
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