What layer to work at is a question that applies at the engineering, company, and career levels.

Any engineer who has spent years on a complex application knows that you always have a layering challenge. If you pick too low a layer to build on, you end up having to recreate a lot of pre-existing functionality that is not fundamental to your product mission. But if you pick too high a layer, you end up constantly struggling to get it to behave or evolve the way you want; it’s like trying to paint a portrait with a 4 foot paintbrush. 99 out of 100 engineers would prefer to err on the side of picking too low a layer. Of course, idea…
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Terry Crowley
Ev Williams
Dec 9, 2021
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What layer to work at is a question that applies at the engineering, company, and career levels.
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Written by Ev Williams213K followers
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Curious human, cofounder @ Mozi, chairman @ Medium, partner @ Obvious Ventures
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