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Gergely Orosz

my career started out as what you might consider a pretty typical software engineer career

1 episode · 2 sourced appearances

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“today my guest is gergay oros”

Speaker: Lenny Rachitsky▶ Watch at ~1:00approx.

“right now here I am writing a newsletter where a bunch of people are reading it”

Speaker: Gergely Orosz▶ Watch at ~6:30approx.

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Set goals inside your control (inputs), not outcomes you can't guarantee

When something you made gets unexpected traction, drop the plan and lean all-in

Build real depth and pedigree first — then your writing has something worth reading

Impose external constraints so solo creative work actually ships

Beat the hardest part of deep work — starting — by force-blocking distractions for 20 minutes

De-risk a scary career leap by treating it as a fixed-length experiment with a fallback

Write a post several times a week for two years and an audience will find you

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