The unfair advantage of working in public

There is a particular kind of clarity that only shows up after you have been doing something for a few years without much of an audience. This is a note about that.

Some of them become collaborators. All of them make the work sharper than it was in private, simply by being there to disagree with you in real time. The embarrassment of early exposure turns out to be a small price for the speed of learning that follows. Working in public is uncomfortable for about a year and then becomes the most honest feedback loop you will ever have. People will correct you, borrow from you, and build on what you share.

The embarrassment of early exposure turns out to be a small price for the speed of learning that follows. The embarrassment of early exposure turns out to be a small price for the speed of learning that follows. Some of them become collaborators. All of them make the work sharper than it was in private, simply by being there to disagree with you in real time.

Working in public is uncomfortable for about a year and then becomes the most honest feedback loop you will ever have. People will correct you, borrow from you, and build on what you share. Working in public is uncomfortable for about a year and then becomes the most honest feedback loop you will ever have. People will correct you, borrow from you, and build on what you share.

The embarrassment of early exposure turns out to be a small price for the speed of learning that follows. Working in public is uncomfortable for about a year and then becomes the most honest feedback loop you will ever have. People will correct you, borrow from you, and build on what you share. Some of them become collaborators. All of them make the work sharper than it was in private, simply by being there to disagree with you in real time.

Some of them become collaborators. All of them make the work sharper than it was in private, simply by being there to disagree with you in real time.

The work, as ever, is to keep showing up in the unglamorous middle and trust that the compound interest shows up later than you want but right on time. Some of them become collaborators. All of them make the work sharper than it was in private, simply by being there to disagree with you in real time. The embarrassment of early exposure turns out to be a small price for the speed of learning that follows. Working in public is uncomfortable for about a year and then becomes the most honest feedback loop you will ever have. People will correct you, borrow from you, and build on what you share. The embarrassment of early exposure turns out to be a small price for the speed of learning that follows. The embarrassment of early exposure turns out to be a small price for the speed of learning that follows. Some of them become collaborators. All of them make the work sharper than it was in private, simply by being there to disagree with you in real time.