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Calvin and Hobbes - What It Means to Me

· 3 min read
Calvin Cheng
Shape what gets built and the value it creates.

I've been revisiting Calvin and Hobbes lately. Not the comic strip itself - though I've read it countless times - but what it represents to me now, as someone who designs products, codes systems, and leads teams.

On the surface, it's a simple comic about a 6-year-old boy and his stuffed tiger. But Bill Watterson created something quietly profound: a philosophical work disguised as a daily newspaper strip.