Working at an early stage startup is difficult, and navigating it is not always easy, media might make you believe it’s about skills but in reality it is always more than that.

Here’s a list of media that massively helped me form my mental models on working at an early stage startup with some of the best and most ambitious people I know.

This list will give you glimpse into the window of commenda’s culture, not everything can be learned just by consuming but consumption of this will surely set an expectation.

Articles/Blogs

https://ryolu.notion.site/how-to-make-something-great

There’s no speed limit | Derek Sivers

The Basics

Polishing Forks

Becoming a magician

The Right Kind of Stubborn

How Developers Stop Learning: Rise of the Expert Beginner - DaedTech

The local minima of suckiness

Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years

Your team's culture is defined by your behavior, not your words - Inverted Passion

10 Passages from Jeff Bezos's Shareholder Letters


Media

https://selfatlas.in/j57enxdvyvf7pj98sccspvbm158389mf

https://selfatlas.in/j571aj1nqfzzx4qbx2tw7ffnj1839k7g

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