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#2>The internet is one of the biggest advantages you have over prior generations. Leverage it.
Most powerful statement in there. It's one thing to 'know' about Internet's power and another thing to utilize it to your personal best.
Internet can be an incredible personal force multiplier -- if used in a good way -- leading to never-before-imagined opportunities. This truly is an amazing time to be alive. [0]
[0] http://www.upworthy.com/4-awesome-how-we-met-friendship-stor...
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#3"Make things". And put them in front of as many people as possible. Locally you gain knowledge. Wisdom comes with scale ;)
Oh, and you guys were great on Bloomberg Studio 1.0!
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2018-05-31/john-patric...
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#4> Status lags by a generation or more.
That's a really overlooked point, and perhaps the most contrarian nugget of wisdom in this damn good piece of advice. Point is, whatever successful thing you do, it'll always end up gaining you a certain degree of prestige (which is ultimately a form of bullshit, but that's another topic).
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#5I'm a bit amused by the advice to move to SF because that's what all the other nonconformists are doing.
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#6What I will like to really know is people thoughts on what they think people 20-30 & 30-40 should do
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#7Hackernews, Medium and Slack groups related to what you like are great ways to get to know people in SF that are into tech/startups.
Anyone has any other suggestion as to where to meet people that built something interesting? I tried tech/startup meet ups and Startup Grind but they sucked. I had more luck with unrelated events.
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#8This is great advice. Now, I just need a time machine ...
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#9Considering his blog hasn't been updated since 2013, can someone add the proper publish date?
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#10I'm a bit amused by the advice to move to SF because that's what all the other nonconformists are doing.
"Yes, we are individuals!" Oh, the irony.
That being said, I can see how -if you identify as a non-conformist in some way or the other- it makes sense to move to a place with a higher-than-normal ratio of other non-confirmists.
After all, even if they are not of the same bent as you, at least they are familiar with the feeling of not fitting in and, hopefully, as a result are more tolerant of other people who deviate from the norm - whatever that norm may be.