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The management ladder was always a workaround

Jun 11, 2026

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5 min read

The management ladder was always a workaround

We built career paths that rewarded coordination over craft. AI is making that a question worth asking again, and Founders are the ones who get to answer it first.

Dax Hamman
Dax Hamman

Hard Part First

Hard Part First

Hard Part First is a publication for founders who know that tech is a commodity today and distribution is the moat. I’m Dax Hamman. I’ve been a founder three times: at Chango (sold to Rubicon Project for $122M), and now at FOMO.ai, where I’m building AI + human marketing teams for brands like Noom, Minted, and PetMeds.

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