Joshua Wold

Over the last decade my views on nearly everything have shifted. If I go back further, to my teens, just about every perspective I have on the world is different. We should change. As new information comes in, as we experience life, we have the chance to improve and grow.

Defeating the first boss Last night was amazing. My son and I, along with the help of my brother and nephew, took down Eikthyr, an electrified stag. And we lived to tell the tale. Alright, yes, I played a game on my laptop. And yes, I may have let out

The thing you're making doesn't have to be perfect. In case you weren't sure, you can use that statement as permission to move forward in life without lining up everything in just the right way. If you have to, choose action over deliberation. Ship

It was dinner time, and I was starving. We decided to get some pizza. My wife always orders. There's two reasons for this. First, she's better at coordinating groups of people clamoring for that favorite American pastime. She takes the requests, maneuvers the app, and has

Don't make me do it I struggle with being told I must do something. It's part of me, part of who I am, and something I have to constantly fight against. Most people don't love having someone make demands of them, but for some

We've all run across a certain type of person. Someone who wants to connect, become best buddies, and do something with you for an undisclosed reason. It's weird, it doesn't quite make sense in the moment, and you find yourself waiting for the catch.

I've long been someone that's looked for ways to be intrinsically motivated. It's just a more interesting life. Where external motivations tend to need to ramp up and get more exciting, internal ones can be on a whole separate wavelength, and deepen over time.

Our kids are 12 and 8. We're fully into the world of figuring out how to handle access to internet connected hardware. We got our son Apple Watch at 10, and that's been mostly fine. I have some annoyances, but it's passable for a

My career has been split between time at tiny companies and small companies (with a few stints at medium size companies). Take about half of the last 18 years and I probably worked with teams from 4-10 people. For the other half it's been inside companies ranging from