The best advice I got in my 20s: Nobody cares. Stop fearing the judgement of people who were never even thinking about you. Nobody is thinking about you. They’re too busy thinking about themselves. Go do the thing.
was watching an old @realGeorgeHotz stream , and he described HFT so well 😭
"You play a zero sum game, waste the intelligence of a society, and uh siphon money away from the middle class. "
Be honest about your particular set of interests + skills and clever people will figure out how to leverage them instead of just trying to fit you to a type. Even more important now that traditional jobs/functions/roles are becoming archaic. Claim your own zone of genius.
unnecessary humbleness is information loss. information is the most scarce resource, so it's the worst sin of capital destruction
knowing how to communicate what you are good at when it matters is probably the most low hanging fruit for more human prosperity
Be leopold
> wife is chief of staff at Anthropic
> get insider info at the dinner table
> learn that Anthropic is going to be buying $20b of compute in Australia
> become the largest shareholder of the two companies building compute in Australia
> $SHAZ $IREN
Beast.
had a similar exp :)
pro gaming is not a viable career atleast for the next few decades, its an entertainer’s market ,not treated as a mainstream sport yet
my black pill moment is getting an offer for a tech job where i make ~4x what i made at misfits valorant only after a year of locking in
mind u i grinded 6+ years of cs and valorant to even get to a position in esports where i could be signed, only a couple months at that
@abhishekcode42 this is only true if you are exceptional at cp (1900+) have plenty of friends that were experts but struggle with interview style DSA, from my cp days i remember the common interview DS questions only start appearing in 1700-1800+
2026 career advice
Warren Buffett:
"Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks".
As you approach 2026, realistically evaluate the boat you're on and ensure it's worth salvaging. high.
@lauriewired other than competitive multiplayer games , totally makes sense really good take, it gonna sound obvious in the future when looking at in hindsight.
we have already started to converge to that reality , given the prices of hardware in recent years.
@Shalini70856041 if you are 100 % sure you wanna get tech coding jobs and Masters in the same abroad(masters in CS prefer CS bachelors over others), if you are not 100% sure just go for IIT, better pathways into consulting,IB,MBA,Research, better peer group,tech still possible so its subjective…