Article title doesn’t do the material justice, there’s some real gems in there.
Now that he’s there, he says he finds himself surrounded by people who “love their jobs,” who came to the government with a sense of mission driving their work.
“In a sense, that makes the DOGE agenda a little bit more complicated, because if half the government took [a buyout offer], then we wouldn’t have to do much more,” he says, implying software can replace departing employees. “We’d just basically use software to plug holes. But that’s not what’s happening.”
Lavingia’s skills with automation, which have helped keep Gumroad lean, are what he hopes to bring to the VA. But when it comes down to it, what he’s found is a machine that largely functions, though it doesn’t make decisions as fast as a startup might.
Years ago I found the original story about Grumroad being bought back by its founder interesting. That was about it.
After that ... I noticed a very consistent stream about news blurbs about him that seem to not really amount to much? Like a media campaign to just keep the name out there in any way possible.
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Article title doesn’t do the material justice, there’s some real gems in there.
Years ago I found the original story about Grumroad being bought back by its founder interesting. That was about it.
After that ... I noticed a very consistent stream about news blurbs about him that seem to not really amount to much? Like a media campaign to just keep the name out there in any way possible.