<story><title>Peter Thiel on what works at work (2014)</title><url>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-leadership/wp/2014/10/10/peter-thiel-on-what-works-at-work/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jroseattle</author><text>Something I found &lt;i&gt;very&lt;/i&gt; interesting was Peter&amp;#x27;s comment: &amp;quot;You try to hire people you could become friends with.&amp;quot; I contrast this with Zuckerberg&amp;#x27;s approach to only hiring people that he would work for (&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&amp;#x2F;blogs&amp;#x2F;on-leadership&amp;#x2F;wp&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;03&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;mark-zuckerbergs-hiring-secret&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&amp;#x2F;blogs&amp;#x2F;on-leadership&amp;#x2F;wp&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;03...&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s probably not fair to put these side-by-side due to context, but Peter&amp;#x27;s approach resonates with me now. Here&amp;#x27;s how I reconcile this: Peter&amp;#x27;s &amp;quot;friends&amp;quot; concept is about the long-term effect on yourself (and your team around you). Mark&amp;#x27;s &amp;quot;work-for&amp;quot; concept is about putting the very best people around you to build and operate a company. They could certainly co-exist, depending on your personality.&lt;p&gt;Mark&amp;#x27;s approach (for me) makes great sense on paper, but Peter&amp;#x27;s approach comes with the value of been-there-done-that. Both have their place, but over the long haul, I can really appreciate what Peter is talking about.</text></comment>
<story><title>Peter Thiel on what works at work (2014)</title><url>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-leadership/wp/2014/10/10/peter-thiel-on-what-works-at-work/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jeffreyrogers</author><text>&amp;gt; They’ve done studies at Harvard Business School where they’ve found that the largest cohort always went into the wrong field. So in 1989, they all went to work for Michael Milken, a year or two before he went to jail. They were never interested in Silicon Valley except for 1999, 2000.&lt;p&gt;They&amp;#x27;re interested in Silicon Valley now. Here&amp;#x27;s an actual conversation I had recently with a business school student (not verbatim obviously, but accurate as far as content):&lt;p&gt;Me: What are you doing after you graduate from HBS this spring?&lt;p&gt;MBA: I want to do startups.&lt;p&gt;Me: Oh cool, do you know which one you&amp;#x27;re going to work for?&lt;p&gt;MBA: Oh no, I want to &lt;i&gt;start&lt;/i&gt; a startup.&lt;p&gt;Me: Oh okay, what&amp;#x27;s it going to do?&lt;p&gt;MBA: Don&amp;#x27;t know yet!&lt;p&gt;Me: Oh...</text></comment>