Hi!
you somehow stumbled across this part of the internet..
ahem. well, i guess i should introduce myself.
TLDR; I started programming when I was 16, I went to school for computer science, have tried basically every business, built a bunch of products, applied (rejected from YC), worked at Amazon for 4 yrs and working towards that sweet 10M net worth by 30.
Life story (so far):
- Started with $0, parent’s have zero formal education past high-school
- Taught myself how to program in high-school, graduated college with computer science major in <3.5 years
- Self started multiple products in university, some worked, some didn’t
- Grinded my way into FAANG as a software eng after college, promoted within 2.5 years. Worked on Amazon fulfillment software that had 2M+ daily requests, was fun and made good money
- Grew Twitter from 0 to 20k+ followers within 1 year
- Grew AI training program to over 400 students within 1 year, ~80k revenue
- Self taught myself design, spent 90+ days grinding with no missed days
- I co-founded my first startup in 2022, I built the product in <1.5 week, we got the product to 1k MRR within 2 months, got to the final YC interview (we missed the mark and didn’t pass, I was still proud we made it to the final round!)
- I co-founded another B2B SaaS in 2022, I built the entire product within 2 weeks, product was acquired for 5 figures within 1 year
- 225lb bench
- Quit 350k+ faang job to pursue entrepreneurship full time!
- Traveling world and building <— here now
But tbh, since starting coding since high school, 95% of the projects/businesses have been fails, so hasn’t been all successes
I’m deeply motivated by fulfilling work, mastery and money.
When I was younger I would do nearly anything for a buck (dolla is a dolla eh?) but, I’ve managed to make enough money where it’s not my main driver anymore (but I still do think about it a lot.)
I get bored really easily so whatever I’m working on has to be mentally challenging and I have to see growth.
I like teaching but I wouldn’t be a great teacher irl because I would just get bored teaching the same stuff every day/year.
Mastery:
I get a lot of enjoyment from picking up a new skill and mastering it. I think the bar for this is pretty low. It’s hard to do something for 5 years, actively try to improve on it and still suck. You don’t need to be smart, you just need to be consistent imo!
I have a lot of respect for people that have mastered their craft
Money:
I think it’s cool to tell other people you’re not motivated by money but (unfortunately?) I would be lying if I said I don’t care about money.. Maybe just one more million?? 😀
How last year went: read about my 2023 wrapped here
Here are *just some* of the 20+ projects I’ve worked on over the years.
20 of my favorite Tweets:
20) my daily routine
19) loving coding again fr
18) ez tip to code faster
17) dont stay in corporate too long
15) sometimes u just gotta sell everyting
14) I spent 30 days learning design
13) super underrated
12) my first ios app
11) fakts
CLICK THAT FOLLOW BUTTON FOR MORE BANGERZ
10) what sucks now
9) iykyk
8) keep it simple
7) never give up
6) absolutely banger presentation by urs truly
5) fakts
4) I think about this a lot
3) Upwork h4ck
2) Mf’s sent death threats over this demo l o l
1) My most popular thread on how to crack 250k+ job offers
That’s all folks! If you want to follow along on the journey to 10M, follow on my Twitter for up to date update and Insta for my life updates.
see ya!