A Conversation with AJ Stuyvenberg

Dax and AJ Stuyvenberg talk about speed running hobbies, how dangerous skydiving is, working remote vs in office, the Trader Joe's model of queuing theory, being bad at something before you can be ok, and what keeps us going years into our work.

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Links:

• Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning
• AWS re:Invent 2023
• What I learned from Lego League
• DynamoDB
• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
• An Interview with Tuomas Artman of Linear

Topics discussed:

• (00:00) - Adam's speedrun
• (00:26) - Lights, mics, and cigars
• (02:19) - AJ's hobbies
• (04:25) - How dangerous is skydiving?
• (11:26) - How is Adam speedrunning through AJ's hobbies?
• (15:17) - Working remote vs office
• (18:51) - What's AJ's work history?
• (32:45) - Trader Joe's Model of Queueing Theory
• (38:18) - Amazon S3's trick
• (43:09) - Being bad at something before you can be ok at something
• (46:31) - Three levels of fun theory
• (57:23) - What keeps you going?
• (01:09:15) - The most important thing to do to be successful is...