30 October 2026
You’re Not Paid to Be Right, You’re Paid to Get to Right
40% Better - Engineering Leadership
About
Jason Hamilton was leading a team in Hong Kong by his second week out of grad school.
In this episode he explains how that trial by fire taught him to lead with humility.
He also shares why a good leader wants their people to outgrow them, and a mentor’s line that changed how he thinks about decisions: “You’re not paid to be right, you’re paid to get to right.”
Bill and Jason dig into the operator mindset and growth versus efficiency thinking.
They also get into what happens when leaders bring AI into how software is built.
That includes the 200-page plans nobody read, why vibe coding belongs in front of customers, the two questions that cut through AI hype, and why keeping a human in the loop makes people more valuable, not less.
Connect with Jason: https://www.jasonshamilton.com/
Connect with Bill: https://40pb.com
In this episode he explains how that trial by fire taught him to lead with humility.
He also shares why a good leader wants their people to outgrow them, and a mentor’s line that changed how he thinks about decisions: “You’re not paid to be right, you’re paid to get to right.”
Bill and Jason dig into the operator mindset and growth versus efficiency thinking.
They also get into what happens when leaders bring AI into how software is built.
That includes the 200-page plans nobody read, why vibe coding belongs in front of customers, the two questions that cut through AI hype, and why keeping a human in the loop makes people more valuable, not less.
Connect with Jason: https://www.jasonshamilton.com/
Connect with Bill: https://40pb.com