After five years at Vercel, significant growth was experienced, expanding from 30 employees and $1M ARR to 650 employees and over $200M ARR. The experience allowed for personal development from individual contributor to VP. Work-life integration became key, blending personal passion with professional responsibilities. Establishing boundaries is vital to avoid burnout, necessitating a supportive work environment for effective delegation. Recruiting quality team members became a focus to enable disconnection from work while maintaining high performance.
I responded to a Next.js tweet while sitting on the beach during my honeymoon. That probably sounds insane. Actually yeah, it is.
If you're going to go hard at work and pour everything into it, you have to also learn how to "go home". The only way you can actually turn your brain off and go home is if you've built a support system at work.
You can build a self-driving car and still take the Ferrari out for a drive sometimes. I started to spend way more time on recruiting. I hired people I'd love to work for one day.
I often see advice about work/life balance that overrotates into mediocrity at work. That's not what I want.
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