Opening
Lenny (00:00:00): You were basically the 10th engineer at Facebook. I imagine there was a lot of pain and suffering that people don't often hear about. Andrew ‘Boz’ Bosworth (00:00:07): I didn't sleep for more than four hours at a time. I'd wake up every four hours and check the report and see if anyone was attacking the site. They don't tell you about that stuff in the movies. Lenny (00:00:14): You worked 120 hours per week., you had no hobbies....
The opener starts with biography before advice. That order makes the guest legible as a person before the listener extracts tactics.
Low-ego framing
"b2c", "career", "engineering"] word_count: 21821 --- Lenny (00:00:00): You were basically the 10th engineer at Facebook. I imagine there was a lot of pain and suffering that people don't often...
Uses we/us, uncertainty, or learner framing instead of performing authority.
Accept praise cleanly
1:41:48): There you go. Or these Ray-Ban sunglasses. I'm a big fan. Boz, again, thank you so much for being here. Andrew ‘Boz’ Bosworth (01:41:52): Cheers. Thanks, brother. Lenny (01:41:53): Bye,...
Accepts praise without shrinking from it or turning it into a performance.
Name the work
We're proud of that work. Lenny (00:37:28): You have this quote in one of your posts about the News Feed where you said, "It consumed me more fully than anything in life had ever consumed me. It opened...
Names a concrete strength, artifact, or contribution instead of offering generic praise.
Return warmth
Lenny (01:16:27): I appreciate it. Andrew ‘Boz’ Bosworth (01:16:29): We made significant shifts in how we operated the business, which was...
Matches the guest's warmth and keeps the social temperature generous.
Low-ego framing
Lenny (00:15:56): And so, I do think it's kind of funny how much we build these castles in our mind, these...
Uses we/us, uncertainty, or learner framing instead of performing authority.