Mitchell Hashimoto: The most successful people in any industry are wicked smart
zeeg · x · 2026-10-09
HashiCorp founder Mitchell Hashimoto argues an uncomfortable truth: the most successful people in any industry tend to be extremely smart. We stereotype based on the loudest voices, but many seemingly 'dumb' personas are deliberate bits — he draws on his LA entertainment-industry background to show smart people often strategically hide it. Zed's zeeg quote-tweets it with a joke about hiring Ben Affleck as an intern.
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