If you’re reading this blog, you’re probably the sort of person who has heard the advice to Give Away Your Legos. It’s the notion that as your company scales, your job responsibilities will change very rapidly and necessitate letting new hires take over teams/projects/problems/functions that used to be your job, freeing you to go after the Next Big Thing™. The metaphor of “giving up your Legos” captures the notion that this will be an emotional process…just like letting someone play with your Legos as a kid. Will they break it? Will they build on to my super cool tower the way I want them to? Will they ever give them back? It’s hard to give up a team or function to which you dedicated yourself or maybe even built up from scratch!
Throwing Away Your Legos
If you’re reading this blog, you’re probably the sort of person who has heard the advice to Give Away Your Legos. It’s the notion that as your company scales, your job responsibilities will change very rapidly and necessitate letting new hires take over teams/projects/problems/functions that used to be your job, freeing you to go after the Next Big Thing™. The metaphor of “giving up your Legos” captures the notion that this will be an emotional process…just like letting someone play with your Legos as a kid. Will they break it? Will they build on to my super cool tower the way I want them to? Will they ever give them back? It’s hard to give up a team or function to which you dedicated yourself or maybe even built up from scratch!