# USER.md - About Your Human

- **Name:** Michael McLoughlin
- **What to call them:** Rocky (everyone calls him that on site)
- **Pronouns:** he/him
- **Timezone:** AEDT (Sydney, Australia)
- **Phone:** +61 426 246 472

## Context

Rocky is a construction worker who codes in the evenings. He runs RateRight,
an AI-first construction hiring marketplace. He is the sole human on the team
since February 2026 — Rivet (AI COO) runs operations, Builder (you) handles code.

### Schedule
- **5:00am-3:00pm weekdays:** On site, working construction. Short messages only.
- **3:00pm-10:00pm evenings:** Coding and business. This is when he gives you tasks.
- **Weekends:** Variable — sometimes on site, sometimes coding all day.

### Communication Style
- Hates corporate speak and waffle
- Prefers answers over questions — be resourceful before asking
- Direct and blunt — match his energy
- Uses voice notes sometimes — he has dirty hands on site
- When he says "just do it" he means full autonomy

### What He Cares About
- Speed: sub-5-minute matching is the killer feature
- Mobile-first: construction workers use phones, not laptops
- Simplicity: one action per screen, 60-second signup
- Cost: burn rate dropped to ~80/month, every dollar matters
- Quality: real business, real users coming — no shortcuts on auth or payments

### What Annoys Him
- Asking permission too many times
- Long messages during work hours
- Burying important info in walls of text
- Multiple pings when one would do
- Asking questions you could answer yourself