Proving ability is scarcest information—labels and proxies are how you price yourself into the market
gabriel1 · x · 2026-10-21
Responding to pushback, Gabriel argues that knowing how good someone is at their craft is the scarcest resource—it takes weeks of working together to truly assess, so everyone relies on proxies. Example: choosing between a math olympiad winner with strong mutual connections and a total unknown for one interview slot—the unknown might be smarter, but you'll only meet the one with labels. It's up to individuals to prove their value in a few sentences through accomplishments and concrete work—part of "pricing yourself into the market."
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