The Diary of Daniel Penny

Soon to be a major Regnery publishing scam

So I just started work at Andreessen Horowitz and I’m totally pumped. Andreessen is one of my heroes, I think in the race to a trillion he’s got as good a chance as Elon though of course you never count out Elon.

I’ve been staying at my Dad’s place so it was easy to get in to the Financial District in the Range Rover. The traffic was better than I expected. I thought it was the congestion pricing but my Dad says it’s because crime is so bad everybody’s moving out, like even from Harlem. I guess I’ll get a condo somewhere around the office. It’s pricey but my salary is good and I got some stuff on the line that should put me over the top. I was worried the realtors would be all woke but Dad says that’s not a problem.

When I got there everybody was chill. They took my picture and badged me. I’m on the American Dynamism team. The recruiter laid it all out for me. He’s a cool dude. It’s mostly aerospace but we’re getting into heavy shit like black sites and the rumor is we’re gonna be thick in the new Guantanamo operation. We do investment and what do I know about that but the recruiter says don’t worry, these deals write themselves.

A lot of ex-mil managing the Dyno team though I didn’t see them — most of them are WFH, out in McLean. Just some young guys in the office, chilling. Didn’t really have a lot of contact. This older guy Leon walked me around. Short-sleeve white shirt guy, like my old man. Middle management. All business, not a lot of small talk, though we talked about the Eagles and the Chiefs. I guess he didn’t want to be ass-kissy. Like, because I’m a celebrity. I respect that. They have some high fliers in there. I just want the same breaks as everyone else. No affirmative action for me, haha ha.