Most things you choose between come with a badge: 4.7 top-rated, best practice, used by millions. So you read the reviews, shortlist a few of the top ones, try them out, and yet nothing feels completely right.
What we noticed
So when one goes against you, it shows up as a vague feeling that something is off.
When something doesn’t fit, people blame themselves, or the place, or the system. Often nothing is broken. It just wasn’t made for the way they go.
We make tools that help you notice what you’d rather and why, keep what you learn, and use it to choose what fits, or change things until they do, so your days take less effort and fewer compromises.
You don’t need zero compromise. Spend your compromises where they’re cheap.
The name
Nobody says they’d rather something when the other option is broken. You say it when both hold up, each gives you something the other doesn’t, and you know which cost you’d take. Nobody would rather something on everyone’s behalf, so there’s no “best” in it, and no crowd.
Products
Some things you can’t redesign, like a workplace. So you choose one that suits the way you go. That’s Tuesdays.
Some things can change, like the software you use every day. So it changes for you. That’s second draft.
Map how you like to work in about three minutes, and look back at past jobs to find out what wore you down and what drew you in. People who worked somewhere describe what actually happens there, by role and level, so you know what to ask before you join. It never rates a workplace, and your profile is never used to screen you.
Say what you need in your own words, try what comes back, and change it whenever you like, the small things too. second draft keeps what was decided so you don’t have to explain yourself again, and your records stay yours when you move to another app.
What we hold to
Some questions have a right answer. Others have several answers, none of them wrong. Telling them apart is most of the work.
Some things only cost: nobody is better off with them. We name them plainly, and never call them a fit or something to get used to.
Each way gives you something and costs you something else. We never rank one above the other. Which suits you depends on you.
What you’d rather depends on the situation, so you’re never told what type you are.
Nothing is ever best: no stars, no top tens, no fit percentages. A real problem is never called a fit, and a fit is never ranked.
Fit is for the person choosing. It’s never used to screen anyone out, and your map is never sold.