Definitely, we actually come from a super nerdy psych background: it took us 3 years and 5 failed products to learn how to make the “science” approachable. We have a partnership with Stanford who developed the psychological model we’re basing everything on (from Charles O’Reilly, https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/faculty/charle...).
As for the rest, we have as many psychologists in house as we have software engineers, if that speaks for anything. Also after building our startup for 4 years now, we have definitely been through the grind (still going through it), and don’t push stuff that we wouldn’t use ourselves.
Is there an app that tells you whether or not you have the emotional constitution for management, so you can avoid wasting years of your life reading management books and thinking your smart enough to do it only to find out when push comes to shove you just can't really tolerate the emotional rollercoaster well enough to actually do it?
Sound like a really awful experience, if it happened to you, I’m really sorry! I’m not sure if there’s a definitive answer (in psychology) whether someone has the emotional constitution for management that is set in time; it might be a matter of timing for many people.
In any case, one of the things we try to achieve with our app is to help people in this situation: we have tips for resilience, self discovery and emotional intelligence that can help better handle this emotional rollercoaster.
It turns out that many people get pushed into leading a team a specific way (by their peers, mentors or lack thereof), instead of having the tools to find their own leadership style and learn how to grow it. That was one of the main motivations when we started working on the psychology of our app: we need to start by discovering people’s leadership style, and only then recommend content & tips that will help them on the journey
As for the rest, we have as many psychologists in house as we have software engineers, if that speaks for anything. Also after building our startup for 4 years now, we have definitely been through the grind (still going through it), and don’t push stuff that we wouldn’t use ourselves.