Isaac.
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If you’re in your 20s and your only plan is a 9–5, you’re not taking life seriously. That’s how people end up old, still waiting for ₦200k at month’s end to feed a family. You have a phone. You have the internet. Learn a skill. With AI, you can train for a few days and land opportunities. A 9–5 drains you, you live for Saturday and spend Sunday preparing to suffer again. This is 2026. Work smart, Everybody works hard!

Besides enabling rapid growth, we want @stripe to be powerful and complete enough that headcount scaling is extremely efficient. Cursor is a good example. Now at $300M, with a grand total of two people working on finance + payments.

Unpopular business opinion that works for YOU. Let’s hear it.

People who study all the way to PhD level without any breaks for work experience fascinate me so much.


