David Pan @davep

Executive Coach & former VP of Engineering. Alum of @mixpanel, @twitter, @amazon, @microsoft davepan.com San Francisco Joined May 2008

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claire vo 🖤 @clairevo

a month ago

“Just join the next figma at series A” is not actionable career/$ advice for most. What is? - get close to the action (if you want to be in AI, and you should, come to SF) - successfully rising at big cos are the straightest shot to wealth, if you’re driven by money it’s not a…

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Esther Crawford ✨ @esthercrawford

2 years ago

Like seemingly everyone on this app I have plenty of opinions about Twitter > X and figure now is a good time to open up a bit about my experience at the company. I tweeted for years into the void for the love of it like many of you, but after selling my startup to Twitter in…

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David Pan @davep

3 years ago

Great to see the @mixpanel story being shared. The team has been doing such strong work 💪

Lenny Rachitsky @lennysan

3 years ago

Great to see the @mixpanel story being shared. The team has been doing such strong work 💪

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David Pan @davep

3 years ago

The image quality is nice but tbh I would buy the @opalcamera for the Dieter Rams vibes alone

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Yishan @yishan

3 years ago

I've now been asked multiple times for my take on Elon's offer for Twitter. So fine, this is what I think about that. I will assume the takeover succeeds, and he takes Twitter private. (I have little knowledge/insight into how actual takeover battles work or play out) (long 🧵)

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David Pan @davep

4 years ago

Pretty cool to see a friend pop up on one of my fav podcasts. Very excited for this one!

Patrick OShaughnessy @patrick_oshag

4 years ago

Pretty cool to see a friend pop up on one of my fav podcasts. Very excited for this one!

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David Pan @davep

4 years ago

This is such a key piece of advice from the CTO of @Plaid about tech debt projects: know your pay-off time-horizon. It's not the same for every company

Jean-Denis Greze 💡 @jgreze

4 years ago

This is such a key piece of advice from the CTO of @Plaid about tech debt projects: know your pay-off time-horizon. It's not the same for every company

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David Pan @davep

4 years ago

Great conversation between @jyhsu and @catehstn about what engineering leaders can get out of external coaching: leadtimechats.simplecast.com/episodes/cate-…

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David Pan @davep

4 years ago

Who is creating @shreyas-level content focused on engineering leadership? So far I've found @jmwind to be really insightful. Would love to find others

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David Pan @davep

4 years ago

Best compilation of time management advice I’ve seen 👇

Shreyas Doshi @shreyas

4 years ago

Best compilation of time management advice I’ve seen 👇

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Paul Graham @paulg

4 years ago

Garry Tan is a moral canary in a coal mine. When people hate on Garry Tan, they out themselves as either evil or stupid, because in fact Garry is as close to a 100% good guy as you get.

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Kintan Brahmbhatt @kintan

4 years ago

What a powerful framing- “Humility is not a lack of confidence but an earned confidence.”

FS @farnamstreet

4 years ago

What a powerful framing- “Humility is not a lack of confidence but an earned confidence.”

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David Pan @davep

4 years ago

Ok I’m entertained. Would’ve been even more fun if the markets were open

Elon Musk @elonmusk

4 years ago

Ok I’m entertained. Would’ve been even more fun if the markets were open

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Garry Tan @garrytan

4 years ago

Managing up, looking good your boss, that is the classic way to get ahead Working for the people bottom up and helping those around you up is a different skill set than clawing your way to the top Power corrupts but it doesn’t have to if we consciously prefer/choose the helpers