I am not “normal” and if I shared this post with you, you probably are also “different” from the 98 next people who will drive past mile marker 123. I am great at some things, and not great at others. Rather than learning things about me after we have worked together in ventures, let me be upfront with you. 🙂 Here is some summary intel on Shepard Humphries:
Absolutely horrible at or should not be responsible for:
- Algebra, trigonometry and other advanced maths
- Coding, engineer-level interwebs things
- Micro aspects of engineering, physics, chemistry, etc
- Rote maintenance or buildout
- Appreciating that words like “maths” and “interwebs” don’t belong in professional writings
- Getting on the phone and making cold calls
- Supervising people
- Living full-time in a city
Probably only slightly better than average at:
- Preparing and understanding P&Ls and other financials
- Starting a SaaS
Better than the next 95 people who will drive past mile marker 123.
- Using AI, I have been a moderate user since December of 2022.
Better than the next 98 people who will drive past mile marker 123.
- Clear-headedness, putting ego aside
- Inventiveness, creativity & conceptualizing
- Discovering the things I am horrible at and positioning myself accordingly, hiring those who make up for my weaknesses
- Earning respect & friendship
- Explaining complex things to individuals or small groups in an understandable way
Better than the next 996 people who will drive past mile marker 123.
- Integrity, intellectual consistency, principle-based decision-making
- Reason, logic & critical thinking
Some principles I hold, which make 75% of great opportunities a poor fit.
I don’t do things that I think are wrong.
- I don’t deal with any organization who takes money from me or others without consent. I know that local, state and federal governments have a lot of money that they are loose with, however my principles don’t allow me to dip into that bucket of loot.
- While I appreciate the OPM model, I have never became comfortable with it, I don’t think it is evil or anything, it is similar to my view of being in debt, my foundational preferences are bootstrapping and being debt-free.
- I am philosophically opposed to IP. Trademarks, copyrights and patents are, in my admittedly unconventional worldview, not OK.