Jason

“Richard and his senior executives now devised a cunning strategy, which they outlined in a series of emails. If the true personality of oxycodone was misunderstood by America’s doctors, the company would not correct that misunderstanding. Instead, they would exploit it.”
― Patrick Radden Keefe, Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

“Gradually, Richard’s team cultivated Curtis Wright. Early on, when Wright saw Purdue’s first draft of the OxyContin package insert, he had remarked that he’d never seen an insert that contained so much promotional and marketing material. Wright told the company that all of this obviously promotional language would have to go. But, in the end, it stayed.”
― Patrick Radden Keefe, Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

“If you can’t resist the urge to include your most brilliant ideas in the process, then you can include them in your prework. Write all of your best ideas in a giant document, delete it, and never mention any of them again. Now that those ideas are out of your head, your head is cleared for the work ahead.”
― Will Larson, Staff Engineer: Leadership Beyond the Management Track

“Indeed, that’s the only viable long-term bet on your career: focus on work that matters, do projects that develop you, and steer towards companies that value genuine experience.”
― Will Larson, Staff Engineer: Leadership Beyond the Management Track