[same questions ~ 10] 😅

I’m not an expert, just sharing my opinion .. be really good at what you do. if you’re super lucky and smart, great. if you’re like me, just stick with it. do a ton of projects, keep learning, and share your progress everywhere .. let people know who you are and what you’re doing.

if you desperately need a job, lock in for 2–3 months, build amazing projects and DM people.

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I’d really need to know you personally to even suggest dropping out. (i don’t wanna sound like a hypocrite ... i do tell some people to do it, but only in certain cases i truly believe in)

but… please don’t 😅

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i chose startup already bruh

1. i hate leetcode
2. i hate leetcode
3. i hate leetcode

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dude… do you know marketing is hard? like really hard 😂 .. ( i ain’t late tho )

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distribution is the moat 🔥

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almost every day 😁 .. I hit the gym 5 times a week on average and go to church on sundays… so yeah, pretty much every day

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everyday ... I’m actually one of those rare people who think feeling like an impostor can be good in the right context ... the only way to stop feeling behind is to either catch up or do everything you can to level up 🔥.. that's what i try to do everyday.

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I don't know tbh

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the day i discovered HTML and learned about APIs… bro, those days were insane 😂 .. you have no idea how many people i told 😭

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part 1: you’re both right and wrong…

you don’t necessarily need to bootstrap your startup ... finding investors is totally fine (and probably smart) unless you can be profitable from day one. but you might still need at least a months of runway before that.

living here, you could work 2 remote jobs for 2 months and literally survive the whole year ( unless u wanna live super expensive life ) giving you time to figure out your next move. plus, for credits, you can apply to startup programs that give free APIs and infra credits.

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talking about the green underlined part

it’s not just screaming into the void ... people actually listen and change their lives. i’m one of them.

i started believing it was possible to get remote jobs and work because of @chapidevtalks (he even used to share screenshots of his payments), @Dagmawi_Babi, @Robi_makes_stuff, @samsonendale, @kinfishfarms, and a bunch more from code night.

i also know people who achieved the same from my posts ... this isn’t a bluff or yelling into the void. it’s sharing what you know so others can do the same.

if you’re in the same situation, don’t let this comfort you or become an excuse.

PLEASE DON'T LISTEN TO THIS KINDA ADVICE U CAN ALWAYS BE THE EXCEPTION .. U CAN ALWAYS DO IT.

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talking about the priviage part :

i used to tell my friends i’d get those jobs i mentioned in the previous post 😅 .. i was dead broke ... didn’t even have a laptop. had to borrow one from a relative and share it with @natyiu0 in a week shift (1 week me, 1 week him) back in campus. used to spend whole days in the digital library at 6kilo, skipping breakfast and lunch ’cause the place would fill up and the computers were super clunky (you know if you’ve used them).

i was super broke… some low points i can’t even tell you about, only people close to me know. like the kinda situation you'd be so embarissed that made u hate being poor so much .. i even used to post to raise money for someone else to buy a PC while i didn’t have one myself 😭

and this is just the tip of the iceberg ... all this was happening while i had this channel, sharing what i was learning with you guys, even my earliest nerdspace journey… like the old one .. and some people thought it was cute 😁

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look, maybe you have it hard too, maybe even harder .. but i do know one thing .. you can’t let that be an excuse. the moment you say “i can’t because others are doing it because they are lucky or privileged,” that’s exactly when you lose. you can’t afford to play victim. what you need to do is play with the cards you’re given and deal with it. don’t even think about comforting yourself with losing .. NOOO. ( I believe this with my whole heart )

and remember… a valid excuse is still an excuse 😌 (but i get there are an exception and extreme situations that can really paralyze you )

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i think i should wrap it here 😁 ... but i promise the next time I do a Q&A, the “do you have a GF?” answer will be “yes” .. or there won’t be any Q&A .. jk 😁

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every other morning …

#VISUALS

TBPN just got acquired by OpenAI… not sure what it really means yet, but it kinda feels off seeing a company racing toward AGI buying the biggest daily live tech talk show 👀

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Instagram Reels auto translation is actually insane … it’s so accurate even matches the mouth movement.

I downloaded this video the other day of some guy dropping gems about VC firms, and now when I open it, it’s in Spanish 💀
Bro didn’t even upload it in English… and I didn’t even realize it was translated 😭

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Some people are just retarded. I’m sick of those who tear down people actually trying to do something positive. You sit there with sharp words, clowning others just to feel smart, and drag people down for trying.

If that’s you, get out of my channel. I don’t want you here.

And if you get triggered seeing people try even fail and you use it to mock them so they stop trying … yeah, get out.

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