Troops in War

You go to war with the troops you have, not the ones you want

This was a popular saying among leaders at my old firm. Being one of the world’s largest firms, we had thousands of employees in New York alone.

The quote was always brought up whenever we’d have a struggling new team member. Of course, we all hoped we got the best staff and managers, but quite often we’d be stuck with people who had underwhelming performance reviews.

While that quote may hold true in a very large firm where recruiting and talent placement is someone else’s job, I’m happy that at Secfi we have control of who we go to war with.

We’ve got 3 new team members starting in our SF office in the next few weeks, and I couldn’t be more excited.

It’s been a long road the past year at Secfi. I was the sole member in SF for 4 months. Then it was the two of us for the last 9.

Things will change. Hopefully for the better, but there will be obstacles with a growing team. I’m just happy that I got to choose the troops that I’m going to war with.