Austin Davidson

The best ideas already exist. Just in the wrong Industry.
9-5 in Oil & Gas, rest of the time causing problems.

50% dumb questions
50% sarcasm

[Austin Davidson @CrudeToCode]

Spent 10 years trading commodities.

Oil, gas, LPG's; if it flows through a pipe, I've probably moved it.

One thing I noticed is most good ideas never leave the industry they were born in.

Now I build by stealing frameworks from one world and dropping them into another.

No formal training. Just curiosity and pattern recognition across markets.

The best builders I know aren't specialists, they're translators.

Most people stay in their lane.

I think the real edge is crossing lanes and connecting dots no one else sees.

If you're into that, stick around.

[James Camp 🛠,🛠 @JamesonCamp]

every business i've seen work started the same way.

someone who had no idea what they were doing decided to figure it out anyway.

no plan survived. no resume mattered. they just started and refused to stop.

the credentials showed up after the results did.

[Kevin Szabo @KevinSzabo14]

Hard books
Hard workouts
Hard decisions
Hard competition
hard conversations

Is ACTUALLY how you get an easy life.

[Austin Davidson @CrudeToCode]

You are never stuck.

You have thought of several ways to get out of your current situation.

Being “stuck” just means that you are afraid of the potential consequences that could come with acting on one of those ideas.

So afraid, that you don’t act at all.

What are you not acting on?

[J. Mangual @MLBShotsFired]

Inflation is completely out of control, you can’t even take 3 kids to a Detroit Tigers game anymore without spending an arm and a leg! Crazy!

[Austin Davidson @CrudeToCode]

I’m no mathematician, but the odds of this are… odd.

[rads @lifewradss]

literally crazy that my irl friends don’t give a fuck about claude

[Austin Davidson @CrudeToCode]

@KettlebellDan It really is insane, anytime friends come to me with a groundbreaking idea I just shake my head. It’s typically been built 100x, 3 months ago.

[DAN KOE @thedankoe]

If you feel lost, build something.

A business. Your body. A skill set. Anything that gives you a reason to learn and focus.

Don't worry about choosing the right thing. Don't think about how difficult it will be.

Just start moving forward and you'll find a path that feels right

[Austin Davidson @CrudeToCode]

Someone please build an app that automatically sends demand letters to spam callers.

[Ronan Berder @hunvreus]

Talking to smarter folks than me, I'm convinced many of the AI folks in my timeline are full of shit.

Nobody is "running 20 agents over night" and building stuff for actual users. Maybe some are building internal tools or disposable software. Maybe.

But building software people like using? That doesn't get hacked on day one or blow up after the 3rd user? Nope.

I don't even understand what that's supposed to look like. Do you work out a 57 pages document that perfectly describes what you want to build and then summon 14 agents and have them run wild for 6 hours? And what comes out on the other end isn't a broken pile of shit?

Nope. Not buying it.

PS: it may also be that I have an IQ of 82 and can't figure it out.

[Austin Davidson @CrudeToCode]

The "lay a brick every day" advice is terrible.

You end up with a perfectly built wall that leads nowhere.

The hard part isn't consistency.

It's stopping every few weeks to ask: is anyone actually looking for a wall here?

Most people quit too late, not too early.

[Austin Davidson @CrudeToCode]

Playing dumb in a room full of egos is a power move. Ask the question everyone's too scared to voice and watch the whole conversation flip.

[Austin Davidson @CrudeToCode]

You can always tell who's new to winning by how loud they get about other people losing. The guys who've been through a few cycles just keep their head down because they know the market doesn't care about your hot streak.

[Tim Ferriss @tferriss]

“There’s no difference between a pessimist who says, ‘Oh, it’s hopeless, so don’t bother doing anything,’ and an optimist who says, ‘Don’t bother doing anything, it’s going to turn out fine anyway.’ Either way, nothing happens.”
​— Yvon Chouinard

[Austin Davidson @CrudeToCode]

This was a great post! I also have never looked at it as a revert but it makes total sense. It takes a lot of the doom and gloom away from the “AI is taking everyone’s job” news. Of course there will always be the lazy folks who use it as an excuse to complain and not do anything, but they were looking for that excuse anyway.

[DAN KOE @thedankoe]

At some point, usually in your 20s, you'll notice that the people around you stop believing in themselves. And no matter how hard you try, you can't save them. By all means, do not let it infect your mind. Stay on your path.

[Austin Davidson @CrudeToCode]

Ever wonder why some people just seem to stumble into success while others grind and get nowhere?

I’m starting to think luck isn’t random.

It’s the universe rewarding those dumb enough to keep moving forward. No matter the odds.

Be the last one still in the room when opportunity shows up.

Here’s what I’ve noticed:

• Action beats perfection every time.
• Failure exposes what works.
• Momentum compounds quietly.

Who else has seen this play out?

[Austin Davidson @CrudeToCode]

Luck isn’t random.

Just be the last one still in the room when opportunity shows up.

[Codie Sanchez @Codie_Sanchez]

Reminder that even with all the AI doomerism… you can just lock in for the next 2 years and set up your family for a generation.

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

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