Made mid-5 figs at 26, still feel like I’m underachieving.
• Born and raised in Southeast Asia.
• Grew up with the usual “study hard, get a stable job” script.
• Took mechanical engineering to challenge myself.
• Landed an okay entry-level job, but pay sucked and 9–5 wasn’t for me.
• Got into crypto during Axie’s peak. Was already curious since 2019 but busy with acads.
• Quit engineering in 2022 at 23yo. Went all in on crypto with $600 and a dream. Libertas (freedom in latin) was born.
• Learned futures, trading, and eventually found airdrop farming. Caught $ARB by accident.
• Saw the potential and doubled down—scaled manually across projects.
• Burned through funds. Took a $2k loan from my girlfriend to keep going. Grateful to have someone like her who sticks through thick and thin.
• Worked 14-hour days, 6 days a week.
• Found a solid humble group of degens at @manifestordao, special thanks to chads like @cryptomemez and @KazokuCrypto. Made profit from airdrops and degen plays.
• Missed a few big wins, but stayed in profit overall.
• Made ~$35k total (smol sum for some but lifechanging for me).
Midcurved by holding $ETH instead of stablecoins, took a big drawdown.
• Learned a lot. Met good people.
• Tried yapping and social networking on x, bit of growth. One of my regrets that I should have started earlier (and should have doubled down on).
Just look at this yappor accounts outperforming all of us. @FourVork@R2D2zen@amit0xic@PlaceholderKey and many other yap chads.
• Still grinding. Still clicking. Still yapping
• Goal: hit decent 6 figs by year-end and also grow on other areas of life. No other option but to make it.
• Grateful, but never comfortable. Comfort is the worst addiction.
• Staying focused and still appreciating the small wins. They're what fuels the momentum loop.
Post inspired by chad @usoppu
This post is a proof that small accounts can make it here in CT.
Lot's of small and decent wins and also generational fumbles behind this post. Hope you enjoyed reading it.
https://t.co/ovQ1xOxRnC
I made 6 figs at 29 :
> cryptousopp life
> spawn in Singapore
> quitted school at 11
> started working dozens of odd jobs
> started e-commerce businesses at 17
> made some $, saved it
> moved overseas at 21 yo with the $
> started retail and f&b businesses
> grind mad
> sold for some $
> learned crypto trading at 2017
> grind mad
> moved & lived in 3 low cost of living countries
> grind 7 days a week, 16 hours a day
> made 6 figs at 29
> ftx & luna dominos fall
> lost 6 fig
> keep grinding
> learnt about airdrops in 2024
> grind and click mad
> made $50k in 1 year from airdrops
> started cryptousopp
> aiming to get a million dollar from airdrops
> story still just starting █▒▒▒▒▒▒▒
@LoganPaul Let me guess? 80% of this is PSA10?
Cause apparently if you're famous there's a higher chance of you getting a 10 when grading.
PSA IS A SCAM.
1/ Meet Zachary Wolk (@zachxbt), the crypto investigator who's exposed $500M+ in fraud.
He investigated everyone. Nobody ever investigated him.
I found him in a free neighborhood paper. Also found ~$5M of "donations" from the people who never appear in his threads.
@elonmusk@MrAndyNgo What are the chances that you muted the word "@steroid"?
Tired of spam slop? I think those accounts who started that campaign need to be penalized.
@elonmusk We deserve a great reset.
A racial cleansing just like what happened with the dinosaurs.
Asteroid straight to these kind of filthy people's home.
Space x needs to send off good people tho before this happens.
@elonmusk@MarioNawfal Excited with the upcoming @SpaceX IPO.
Will commercial travelling to and from an asteroid also be viable in the near future?
Or the main goal is really to be a martian?
Think we can send her so that she can actually do something good.
BREAKING: Swatch x Audemars Piguet “Royal Pop” price markets are now live on Limitless
People waited days outside to flip a $400 pocket watch
Now you can make money by predicting its resale price in one click from your bed
Trade here → https://t.co/mE0RrMsBJy
you’re 22. you scroll 3 hours a day. it feels harmless
at 28 you can’t read an article without checking your phone twice per paragraph
at 32 you don’t understand why nothing you start ever finishes, you’re still dreaming of this project you wanted to start. still no time
at 40 you’ve never finished a book in a decade.
it all passed
If you are lost and cannot hear yourself anymore, stop asking for signs. signs are for people who still believe God owes them an explanation. go eat a meal alone, in total silence. no screen, no book, no music, just you and the food. chew slowly. say out loud before you start, thank you for what is dying on this plate so i can live another day. most men have not said those words once in their whole lives, and they wonder why the world tastes flat. the meat died for you. the plant died for you. the ground gave up something it was growing so you could open your eyes tomorrow, and you shovel it down watching videos of strangers yelling. no wonder you feel haunted. you are eating death every day without greeting it. do this for thirty days, one meal a day, silent with gratitude aloud, and you will hear something you have not heard since you were a child
The most dangerous thing you can do right now is NOT use the latest AI tools. Period.
Every day a new company is laying off thousands of people who don't know how to use the most modern AI tools
If I were in the 9-5 world right now, this is every step I'd take:
1. Download Codex and build your first app. Learn how to implement a front end and database. AI can teach you all of this
2. Download OpenClaw or Hermes agent. Tell the agent about your entire life. Career, goals, and ambitions. Ask it what workflows it can implement to get you closer to those goals
3. Get Claude Design. Keep an eye out on X for visual language and designs you like. Feed this inspiration into Claude Design and get comfortable designing beautiful interfaces
4. Get the ChatGPT Pro plan. Feed GPT 5.5 Pro your hardest problems. Burn as many tokens as humanly possible with this model
5. Constantly look at your limits in all your AI plans. If you're ever above 50% on your limits, get angry that you're not burning enough tokens.
6. Learn how to use Claude Code side by side with Codex. Learn both their strengths. These are the only 2 coding tools that matter. Master these and you're golden
If you do these 6 things you are in excellent position to not only be safe in your career, but also dominate those that don't pick up these skills.