Jordan Johnson

[Jordan Johnson @sbmdjordan]

@BCFC Chris Davies is the best performing manager we've had statistically in years

[Jordan Johnson @sbmdjordan]

@BCFC Not ideal
However
No one died
We'll be ok
KRO
Up the Blues
One day

[Deedy @deedydas]

If you feel like giving up, you must read this never-before-shared story of the creator of PyTorch and ex-VP at Meta, Soumith Chintala.

> from hyderabad public school, but bad at math
> goes to a "tier 2" college in India, VIT in Vellore
> rejected from all 12 universities for US masters despite 1420 on the GRE
> fuckit.jpg
> goes to the US anyway on a J-1 visa to CMU with no plan
> applies for masters (again) to 15 universities
> rejected from all except USC and with late admissions, NYU in 2010
> finds this guy called Yann LeCun (before he was famous)
> starts getting into open source
> rejected from all jobs including DeepMind
> only job is Amazon as test engineer
> his PhD mentor helps him get a job at a small startup (MuseAmi)
> rejected from DeepMind
> couldn't get H-1B because of J-1 home return issue; gets waiver through months of approval with USCIS and US State Dept
> very low on confidence
> In 2011/12 builds one of the fastest AI inference engines on phones
> rejected from DeepMind
> emailed Yann again and joins FAIR because of Torch7 open-source work
> scrapes through bootcamp at Facebook, struggling on an HBase task
> L8/L9 engineers at Facebook struggle to get ImageNet working
> figures out numerics / hyperparam issue as an L4
> first big win!
> FAIR goes well, runs 3 person torch7 team and co-creates PyTorch
> because of politics, management wants to shut down PyTorch
> cries-at-bar.jpg, literally
> eventually some people save PyTorch and it launches in 2017
> gets a EB-1 green card!
> the rest is history...

Think about that. He went to a tier 2 college. Was rejected from all Masters programs 2x. Rejected from every single job except Amazon test engineering. Rejected from DeepMind 3x. Nearly had his baby project shut down. Struggled with visa issues. After 12 years of failures (2005-17), he eventually rose to became a VP at Meta one of the most influential people in AI!

Soumith's story is one of resilience and he's living proof that no matter how down in the dumps you are, there's always hope.

[Jordan Johnson @sbmdjordan]

Conventional wisdom sent me some spam and I unsubscribed

[Jordan Johnson @sbmdjordan]

I choose what I want from life and I get it every time

[Jordan Johnson @sbmdjordan]

@fearless_209 Don't make it such a big thing bro
It's no big deal
You're taking good steps in the right direction
Keep going and it's inevitable - no biggie
You got this

[Jordan Johnson @sbmdjordan]

Skill development is key

[Jordan Johnson @sbmdjordan]

@mikefutia BANANAS

[Jordan Johnson @sbmdjordan]

@nicktheriot_ Nick

[Karl Littleboy @karllittleboy]

Right now, someone is struggling with what you find easy. That's your market.

[Alex Nguyen @alexcooldev]

Unpopular opinion: Build what users need, not what you like.

[Stijn Noorman @stijnnoorman]

The best anti-depressants:

• Sun
• Sleep
• Books
• Walks
• Sauna
• Writing
• Building
• Exercise
• Good food
• Cold showers

Anything else?

[Jordan Johnson @sbmdjordan]

Putting a product out there, generating leads, making offers, and getting feedback is the work.

Brainstorming and planning is not the work.

Executing is the work.

[Jordan Johnson @sbmdjordan]

Success has to be chosen
Success has to be planned
Success has to be earned

[Jordan Johnson @sbmdjordan]

What would you choose to accomplish if it was certain you would succeed?

[Jordan Johnson @sbmdjordan]

I don't have an offer ready yet.

[Jordan Johnson @sbmdjordan]

Ok
So I'll choose something I can do for my 10 followers and go from there.
I'll check in this time next week.

[Tim Denning @Tim_Denning]

11. "Building an audience" is a distraction

If you can't monetize 10 followers you 100% can't monetize 1M.

Get good at making money, not collecting followers. Likes don't equal cash.

[Blake Burge @blakeaburge]

Major cheat code in life: Understanding you can reinvent yourself at any time. New habits, new standards, new friend group, new career, etc. There's no rule that says you have to stay the person you've always been. You're allowed to decide––"I'm done being this version of me."

[Jordan Johnson @sbmdjordan]

I'm interested in this topic. I know others are too. I'm going to post, serve people, help people, build an audience, build a business, and build skills.

[Jordan Johnson @sbmdjordan]

On day 1, alongside my full time job, I was completing a TEFL course to teach English online, as well as working with a freelance client creating LinkedIn content.

I was also learning SEO and trying to rank my own website

[Jordan Johnson @sbmdjordan]

I'm on day 110 of my "Build in Public"

I've been posting on YouTube

I'll start updating here

I'm from Birmingham in the UK. Working a 9-5.

I've made a choice to move to Thailand in September, build an online business, and travel around Asia.