Abhishek Nair

Founder @codesamaaj & @joingrowthguild | Documenting my StartUp Grind 🎯

[Abhishek Nair @abhisheknaironx]

my friend spends ~10L a month and it genuinely messes with my head a bit

not in a weird way, i’m not judging it, i just can’t fully wrap my head around it

we were talking about credit cards and i asked his monthly spend so i could suggest something useful, and he just casually said it

i already knew he makes a couple of crores a year, 3–4 yoe, remote, SF company, all that

but hearing income is one thing, hearing how it actually gets spent is different

that’s where my brain kind of paused

i tried to think it through… rent, travel, food, random stuff, lifestyle… and i still couldn’t fully map it

not because it’s crazy, just because i’ve never been close enough to that kind of life to understand it properly

and that’s what stood out to me

a lot of us aren’t lacking skill or potential, we’re just playing inside a very small frame

you don’t even realise what’s possible, so you don’t aim for it either

no big conclusion here, just something that made me think

there are levels to this, and most of us are way earlier in the game than we think

[Abhishek Nair @abhisheknaironx]

2021:

- minted a Bored Ape NFT for $250
- bought gold worth $250
- bought Bitcoin worth $250
- bought silver worth $250
- bought Dogecoin worth $250

2026:

Bored Ape NFT ≈ $12,700
gold ≈ $702
Bitcoin ≈ $261
silver ≈ $840
Dogecoin ≈ $58

If your 2021 looked like above,
Your 2026 wud have looked like this🙂

[Abhishek Nair @abhisheknaironx]

a friend of mine just got a $250/mo internship. haven’t seen him this happy in a while.

another friend of mine is sad that he only makes $2000/mo.

asked both for a trip in march and guess who said no cuz he's broke 😭

[Abhishek Nair @abhisheknaironx]

🧑🏻‍💼 "Boss, We're a billion-dollar company. Why are we still doing unpaid internships?"

🤵🏻 "Culture fit. We can't risk bringing in people who are desperate or too hungry. Someone who needs the money will have a scarcity mindset, they'll empty our free meal section, max out every benefit we offer, actually use their full PTO allowance.

Sure, we can afford it for a few employees. But that mindset spreads.

Next thing you know, everyone's acting like these perks are entitlements. Then we genuinely can't afford it anymore."

🧑🏻‍💼 "..."

[Abhishek Nair @abhisheknaironx]

Imagine putting $100 into a machine, get more than $100 back in seconds.

Sounds unreal, right? It is unreal!

But the Dabba Lootbox campaign works a bit simillar👀

You put in X amount, the same value worth of $dbt is guaranteed and reserved for you.

+ You stand a chance to get extra rewards like nfts, memecoins, DePIN devices and other rewards.

Now here’s the part that matters.

The campaign is coming to an end,
and lootboxes are in Max Loot mode.
Reward odds have been boosted by 100x.

So go loot @dabbanetwork in broad daylight 😏 and tell them Abhishek sent you.

They can’t do anything about it.

(link in replies.)

[Abhishek Nair @abhisheknaironx]

This might be a biased opinion.

Treat it as an opinion, not advice.

If you are job hunting or a fresher, you are still very early to permanently commit to a tech stack or even an industry.

2 years ago, I was a software engineer. Today, I work in growth. That shift worked for me because I discovered I cared far more about marketing, content, and distribution.

You are young. You are allowed to change direction.

Just do not quit impulsively. Leaving is easy. The hard part is validating whether what you are drawn to can actually pay your bills.

If you are confused about what to choose, and honestly most of us are, especially with Indian parents and limited room to experiment, a practical approach is to move toward paths that are accessible, growing, and have real opportunity.

I am a @SuperteamTalent Scout, so I naturally see a lot happening in the @solana ecosystem. If you are curious, learning the Solana stack and building real things is a solid option right now.

If you are already good at something else and genuinely feel this is not for you, pursue that instead. No single path fits everyone.

If you are looking for roles in Solana, you can fill the referral form in my bio.

This is not a job guarantee, just a fair shot that every talent deserves.

That is all.

[Abhishek Nair @abhisheknaironx]

> Tarun got 9.8 CGPA, bagged a Netflix internship.
> Vivek barely passed, joined TCS.
> Rohan spent all his time posting on X, Base App and Zora.

Tarun codes in his sleep and wasn't able to spend Xmas with his fam, Vivek barely knows Git but is living with his parents who believe he'll never get a girl...

and Rohan now makes $1,200/month from X payouts, another $1,000 from brand collabs and is the most trending creator on Base app and earned $50k in just a few days when his creator coin went viral but his relatives call him unemployed.

[Abhishek Nair @abhisheknaironx]

met a dev recently through a friend.

- same age as me
- did btech, 7+ CGPA
- works in a PBC

said he was tired of waiting for promotions and pleasing his boss, so he started poking around with crypto.

- not trading.
- not chasing pumps.

just building small tools, hanging out in discords, helping teams for free.
last month he got paid in tokens for a side gig. (worth more than his last appraisal, lol)

his view was simple:
"worst case, i learn. best case, i exit the rat race early."

i finished my coffee thinking how some people don’t switch careers,
they switch rooms.

and it works better...

[Abhishek Nair @abhisheknaironx]

> it took me over a year to earn my first $1,000 on X.

> now I’m challenging myself to earn my first $1,000 on Base in the next 3 months.

earning season is here! 🔥

I’ll share what works, what doesn’t, and everything I learn along the way.

If you want to follow (or join) the challenge, here’s your invite 👇🏻
https://t.co/pZJ4lQsWkE

#basedinIndia

[Abhishek Nair @abhisheknaironx]

I'll sponsor your X premium! (3 winners in 24 hrs)

all you have to do is tag your fav Indian DePIN project/s and what you love the most abt them.

GO!

[Abhishek Nair @abhisheknaironx]

abt me:

> generated over 20M views on X (12 mo)
> Tweets got featured on news outlets like Hindustan times, Times18, Indian Express etc.
> grew to 22k followers
> conducted 10+ seminars (offline)
> 2 multiday bootcamps (offline)
> built a web game and grew it to 300+ players
> helped multiple devs grow on X

at present trying to decode virality and monetization on X through experiments and the open sourced code.

wt abt you?

[Abhishek Nair @abhisheknaironx]

I think the iPhone is a terrible phone at even the sale price.

For half the price you can get better phones and even laptops if you sit and do a bit of research..

Now if you're too lazy for the research, I and frnds did it, and here are my recommendations: https://t.co/3tqna1Yu24

[Abhishek Nair @abhisheknaironx]

Pitch me your product idea in 1 sentence and I'll rate it /10

[Abhishek Nair @abhisheknaironx]

The biggest difference between a developer and a software-preneur is that one obsesses over the slight tilt of the logo in the footer,

while the other obsesses over why users see his app as just "another app" and not the obvious choice.

And we all know who will make more money.

[Abhishek Nair @abhisheknaironx]

"What should I build?"

If you're not someone with insane ambitions like being the richest person in your bloodline or ur country or even the world, then this post is not useful to you, so happy scrolling. If you decide to stay, this might be the answer to the question that keeps you up all night.

In an era where information is overflowing from everywhere, and opinions are getting super polarised, it's natural to be confused about what to do next.

Short answer: I am not qualified to tell you what to build, neither is anyone otherthan you yourself.

But still I'd like to attempt to give you a data backed and practical answer to a different question which might help you figure out the answer yourself.

"How to figure out, where to lock-in?"

From 1989 to 2007 only a handful of people held the top spot, but from 2007 to 2025 almost ten different people have challenged each other for number one.

And in both these timelines:

1) building wide distribution & retail access,
2) creating ubiquitous software & platforms,
3) controlling communications/telecom infrastructure,
4) allocating capital through investing/finance

were the problems the top rankers were solving.

But these are just the fundamentals and where to use them is the real question.

The direction I'll be looking at?

What's the thing that the 14 yrs of today will not change their minds about when they're 24 yrs old.

[Abhishek Nair @abhisheknaironx]

The fastest way to grow your income as a freelancer is NOT more work.

It’s by charging more.

And the best time to double (or even triple) your rates is when you’ve got about 1.5 months of work already booked.

That’s when you can safely test the market, see how clients respond, and discover the real budget ceiling.

[Abhishek Nair @abhisheknaironx]

I've seen devs with 9.5 CGPA but zero real projects. And devs with 6.5 CGPA but a solid GitHub, internships, and deployed apps. Guess who'll get the job?

[Abhishek Nair @abhisheknaironx]

You don’t need to be a girl posting selfies or run a catfish account to grow on X.

I hit 1,000,000 views in the past 10 days just by following a simple 5-step strategy using @bhindiai .

It was not by accident, this is how I "engineered" my virality 🧵👇

[Abhishek Nair @abhisheknaironx]

How to earn more than your 12LPA friends as a freelancer:

→ charge for outcomes, not hours
→ work with 3 premium clients, not 30 cheap ones
→ build systems that scale without you
→ say no to projects under ₹50K
→ position yourself as a consultant, not a coder

freelance smart > freelance hard

[Abhishek Nair @abhisheknaironx]

Easiest road to 1000 followers:

→ pick one specific problem to solve
→ share your failures, not just wins
→ engage with people in your niche
→ help 10 people every week for free
→ document your learning process daily

Lead with value. The audience follows.