Simon Eskildsen(@Sirupsen):I was on teams at Shopify subject to this—it was tough, but more often than not, @tobi ended up being correct. Now, as a founder, I get why Tobi did this more than I ever understood at the time. It is not the easy path. I have the luxury of our company still being smaller (40-50 headcount), so it's easier for me to intervene early. I am continually learning to find the best place during a project to insert myself, but sometimes, it ends up being late and painful; that just plain sucks. But, long-term it is much worse to ship things that are sub-par. The job of a leader is to pull pain forward.

2026.09.11 17:20

I was on teams at Shopify subject to this—it was tough, but more often than not, @tobi ended up being correct. Now, as a founder, I get why Tobi did this more than I ever understood at the time. It is not the easy path. I have the luxury of our company still being smaller (40-50 headcount), so it's easier for me to intervene early. I am continually learning to find the best place during a project to insert myself, but sometimes, it ends up being late and painful; that just plain sucks. But, long-term it is much worse to ship things that are sub-par. The job of a leader is to pull pain forward.