Incentives
2 Essays
The Incentive Gap: Why Building Beats Collecting
Real growth happens when you move from passive consumption to active creation.
Most of what we call "education" is actually just a sophisticated form of hoarding. In the professional world, this usually manifests around the five-to-seven-year mark. You have collected the degree, the initial job titles, and a decent resume. But then, a plateau hits. To overc...more
The Forcing Function: Why Curriculum Isn't About Learning
Curriculum is an operational forcing function for standardization. The system is optimized for credentials, not skills.
I spent years thinking curriculum was the problem. I believed that if we could just teach the right things in the right way, education would improve. But after seeing our 21CS skills platform collect digital dust while our fundraising tools thrived, I realized a deeper truth: cur...more