How Shopify Rages Against Meetings | Kaz Nejatian (COO Shopify)

Name: How Shopify Rages Against Meetings | Kaz Nejatian (COO Shopify)
Uploaded: 2024-03-17
Duration: 1458 s
Channel: Peter Yang
Description: Read a transcript preview of “How Shopify Rages Against Meetings | Kaz Nejatian (COO Shopify)” from Peter Yang, uploaded on 2024-03-17.

Channel: Peter Yang

Uploaded: 2024-03-17

Duration: PT1458S

Read a transcript preview of “How Shopify Rages Against Meetings | Kaz Nejatian (COO Shopify)” from Peter Yang, uploaded on 2024-03-17.

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Language: English (original, YouTube automatic captions)

[0:00] no one literally no one said I want to

[0:02] grow up and sit in meetings all day long

[0:04] and no one came to Shopify to sit in

[0:06] meetings people came here to and help

[0:09] entrepreneurs succeed help Founders and

[0:11] it just so happens to like do really

[0:14] good work as a builder you need Focus

[0:17] time and focus time and meeting time are

[0:19] opposite things from each other if you

[0:21] need uninterrupted Focus time and if

[0:24] your entire day is peppered by half hour

[0:26] meetings here and there you just can't

[0:27] ever get going um it's like imagine if

[0:30] vano had to paint while perpetually

[0:32] interrupted by someone every 20 minutes

[0:34] today my guest is K Nan Chief Operating

[0:38] Officer at Shopify K and I spoke about

[0:41] why traditional career ladders are

[0:43] broken why strategy is the least

[0:46] important part of building products and

[0:48] why Shopify cancelled all recurring

[0:51] meetings I think this interview will

[0:52] feel like therapy if you ever worked at

[0:55] Big tech companies be sure to like And

[0:57] subscribe for more interviews like this

[1:00] now let's dive in all right guys I'm

[1:02] super excited to talk to you today I

[1:03] think I haven't worked at Shopify myself

[1:06] right but I really liked the post that

[1:07] Toby wrote about Shopify being a craft

[1:10] Centric company just curious like what's

[1:12] the difference between crafters and

[1:13] managers to you yeah look actually an

[1:16] interesting thing because the main

[1:17] difference is about what is your primary

[1:20] job like what is the thing you spend

[1:21] most of your job doing right there's a

[1:23] famous hologram essay called Builder

[1:26] time and manager time and I things kind

[1:28] of