sourcery (@sourceryy) “Founding Architect of the Thiel Fellowship @DStrachman shares the top 3 traits t” — TopicDigg

Founding Architect of the Thiel Fellowship @DStrachman shares the top 3 traits they look for: 1. Hyper Fluency: "They have this deep, deep passion in an area and they can talk backward and forwards about it all day, all night." 2. They can scaffold their language "They can talk to the geekiest geek in their area, but also talk to anybody about what they're doing. We find that particular trait is a very high indicator." 3.  Alchemy "This is a team's ability to stretch resources in a really surprising, almost magical way."  One anti-trait: The cloud of abstractions "When someone is way up in the stratosphere on what they're talking about, and every time you try to pull them back down to Earth." "You're like, 'Hey, this sounds brilliant. What are you doing on Friday though to like, get this done?'"