> Let me give you an example. I love ice hockey and play late every Tuesday evening and early most Sunday mornings as part of a Bay Area league. It’s something I’ve done the whole time I’ve been building Okta. Getting on the ice is my way of clearing my head and blowing off steam. For a couple of hours, I get to leave my stress and responsibilities behind.
This paragraph made me go look up a picture of Kerrest, because I've probably said pieces of this verbatim to others. I play hockey on Tuesday and Wednesday nights in (two) Bay Area leagues. Sunday morning is, at least the one I'm thinking of, over 40 so I'm not eligible.
When we were going through YC, my co-founders and I all moved to an Airbnb further down the peninsula. At least once a week, with rare exceptions, I packed my equipment into my car and drove back to SF or Oakland to play. That time on the ice, and even in the locker room with my teammates, was such an incredibly important time for me as a mental break/reset. As the company's grown, and my role has increasingly become people-focused vs programming, that time away (COMPLETELY away) from any sort of communication tools has become so deeply precious to me.
Totally unrelated, he doesn't look immediately familiar to me, I wonder what league he plays in!
This paragraph made me go look up a picture of Kerrest, because I've probably said pieces of this verbatim to others. I play hockey on Tuesday and Wednesday nights in (two) Bay Area leagues. Sunday morning is, at least the one I'm thinking of, over 40 so I'm not eligible.
When we were going through YC, my co-founders and I all moved to an Airbnb further down the peninsula. At least once a week, with rare exceptions, I packed my equipment into my car and drove back to SF or Oakland to play. That time on the ice, and even in the locker room with my teammates, was such an incredibly important time for me as a mental break/reset. As the company's grown, and my role has increasingly become people-focused vs programming, that time away (COMPLETELY away) from any sort of communication tools has become so deeply precious to me.
Totally unrelated, he doesn't look immediately familiar to me, I wonder what league he plays in!