{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Still Early","title":"My first real job since 2012","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2607,"description":"In this episode:\nTailwind is joining Shopify, and Peter isn't going with them\nWhy he said no to pursuing Shopify (big company, no side projects, night calls from Europe)\nHe's joining Phone.inc as product growth lead on October 1\nWhy Niklas wanted a founder type in the role instead of someone with a finished playbook\nThe 2012 job Peter quit after four months, and the case for founders taking a job for a season\nPhone.inc shipped do not disturb and call transfer, and invites are open again\nTailwind is joining Shopify. Adam Wathan announced it last week, and Peter's last day at Tailwind Labs was the day before. He'd been there four years, never full time (a couple of days a week as a contractor), but it was his main stable thing the whole time. He originally joined to build a job board, which he'd completely forgotten until recently. His own startup was near the end of its runway, and Adam asked if he wanted to start a business inside Tailwind Labs part time. It later turned into running partnerships. He's known about the acquisition for a long time, which made Laravel Live Denmark a month ago pretty strange (the perfect place to talk to everyone about it, and he couldn't).\nFollowing the team to Shopify was something Peter could have pursued, and there were a ton of good reasons to do it. But he's never really wanted to work at a big company, and if he ever did, he wanted it to be a decision he made on purpose. He also had too many things going on the side that he wasn't ready to let go of, and he'd have been the only person in Europe on a North American team. Adam told him he didn't have to come, and that it would still be a good outcome for him if he went and did his own thing.\nInstead, Peter is joining Phone.inc as product growth lead on October 1. He was already an investor and helping out as a contractor. The role covers marketing and the part of product that overlaps with it (the founder-led growth videos, onboarding, changes in the app itself). Niklas thinks...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/jiN5sNwxC3favF-CuribFhPuNYrIJomhSIW6PRT4RAk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hYTNj/MDZmN2Y1ZjQxYjEx/MjA1YWIzYzhlNWYy/ZmExYy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}