Cultures that don't laugh at themselves are cults.
The intrinsic path to success is to focus on being the person that you are, and put all of your energy and drive into being the best possible version of yourself.
I like writing code. I like building product. I like making things that people like.
Email is not going to disappear. Possibly ever. Until the robots kill us all.
Start out by making 100 users really happy, rather than a lot more users only a little happy.
Many people with jobs have a fantasy about all the amazing things they would do if they didn't need to work. In reality, if they had the drive and commitment to do actually do those things, they wouldn't let a job get in the way.