The majority of tasks we do don’t involve any memos. We write them occasionally when 1) thinking through some big, hard-to-reverse decision, 2) when setting goals for 2-week sprints, and 3) if someone wants to call an all-hands meeting, we usually require them to write a memo first (which is a nice rate-limit on how many all-hands meetings you get).
I think the rate of memos written is maybe 0.5 per person per month, on average, but counting it is a bit messy.
The generalist [job description](https://www.lightconeinfrastructure.com/campus-generalist.html) on the lightcone website says “team members also regularly write many-page memos explaining their plans and ideas to other team members”. Do these reconcile?
The majority of tasks we do don’t involve any memos. We write them occasionally when 1) thinking through some big, hard-to-reverse decision, 2) when setting goals for 2-week sprints, and 3) if someone wants to call an all-hands meeting, we usually require them to write a memo first (which is a nice rate-limit on how many all-hands meetings you get).
I think the rate of memos written is maybe 0.5 per person per month, on average, but counting it is a bit messy.
Got it, thanks!