Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?) • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)

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Post by teknico » Tue, Nov 02, 2021, 8:06 AM UTC

ajxs wrote: post #67

I've been creating an annotated disassembly of the Yamaha DX7 synthesiser's firmware ROM. It's been going very successfully. After this project is complete, I plan to build a small platform for people to host webrings. I know it's not going to revolutionise how people use the internet. I think it will be a nice service though. I loved this era of the internet. I have a great domain to go along with it.

> I've been creating an annotated disassembly of the Yamaha DX7 synthesiser's firmware ROM.

That's awesome! Hopefully you'll publish it once you're done. :-)

Re: Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)

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Post by davidkuennen » Tue, Nov 02, 2021, 8:07 AM UTC

Working a lot on the app I created mainly for myself a year ago. I was lucky, since it turned out that many other people needed such an app as well. Making more with it monthly than I get in my job.

Re: Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)

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Post by elasticventures » Tue, Nov 02, 2021, 8:12 AM UTC

I was a well regarded SRE/devops programmer & network, cybersec type person.

I saved enough $$$ living minimally to principally retire in 2014 at age 37. I did some digital nomad travel (47 countries) and unicorn chasing (criteria: no opportunities smaller than 9 zeros AND must leave the planet better than I found it). I also took 6 months to walk from Mexico to Canada along the pacific crest trail, and backpacking across Europe & Asia.

I've been doing super-learning self-paced studies in a variety of fields including Chinese ODM, electronics engineering, advanced math w/artificial intelligence, and a heap of experiments in agriculture-tech.

Today I'm going to write Elon Musk's private family office and explain exactly how to solve world hunger this decade for way less than $6bn.

Re: Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)

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Post by feviskus » Tue, Nov 02, 2021, 8:13 AM UTC

Feeling very depressed as a 23 year old with agressive hair loss. Tried (and still trying) everything there is, but nothing worked yet (1.5 years into min/dut).

Re: Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)

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Post by akuji1993 » Tue, Nov 02, 2021, 8:14 AM UTC

mkleinstadt wrote: post #389

AYBABTME wrote: post #301

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If from the Coinbase IPO, you just got out of lockout and you're new to that amount of money. You're probably still near 100% invested in Coinbase and need to divest into something more diversified and less volatile than Coinbase before you can sit on your hands and look at the number in your brokerage account as if it was real retirement grade money. Plus you'll need to pay a ton of taxes on the capital gain. So don…

Not to mention that there's a nonzero chance of Tether bringing down the entire crypto ecosystem (temporarily) within the next year, Coinbase stock included

I'm trying to figure out crypto right now, could you explain why you believe this? Or link somewhere where I can read about it?

Re: Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)

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Post by MarkSweep » Tue, Nov 02, 2021, 8:16 AM UTC

petters wrote: post #451

iposoldier wrote: post #356

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same age, made $4.5 million in an IPO. Decided to join the military. It was worth it, would recommend with several key caveats. Remember, most FAANGs pay you your tech salary while you’re training. A lot easier to get smoked by a Drill SGT when you know you’re making 10x their salary while doing those push ups :)

American companies pay you to join the military?

Some pay the difference between your company salary and your military or reserve military salary.

Re: Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)

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Post by smiths1999 » Tue, Nov 02, 2021, 8:16 AM UTC

endymi0n wrote: post #417

specproc wrote: post #369

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I went back to university at 36 after achieving a very, very modest degree of stability in my life. It was one of the best decisions I've ever made. Gave me a completely different perspective on who I am, what I'm interested in. It gave me the skills to start working in a sector I actually enjoy. My friend, if I had never work again money, I'd just pile up Masters and PhDs.

I‘m wondering what‘s your motivation behind that… Do you just like the sensation of studying so much? I‘d probably feel empty myself just accumulating knowledge all my life and not applying it to any high impact problem worth solving.

Many people (myself included) that get PhDs simply love learning. Solving problems is important but for some there is this inner drive to need to learn and master everything. It doesn't preclude solving problems, but it's the acquisition of knowledge that is the internal engine, not the desire to solve a specific problem.

Re: Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)

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Post by a_imho » Tue, Nov 02, 2021, 8:16 AM UTC

philangist wrote: post #180

I won the IPO lottery and I’m in the middle ground between rich enough to never work again but not quite rich enough for the yachts/mansions/private jets lifestyle. I haven’t worked in 6 months and I’m struggling to find a larger meaning to my life beyond getting yet another tech job. I’ve considered going to college for a math degree, moving to my parents home country, and joining the military (among many other opti…

Congrats, could you give a ballpark figure what is considered rich enough nowadays?

At 27 maybe you should look into spending more time with / starting a family?

Re: Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)

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Post by graderjs » Tue, Nov 02, 2021, 8:19 AM UTC

I just finished building a personal version of my remote browser product but it hasn't been that successful or made me much money. I turned down 150k a year remote job couple of months ago in order to protect the IP for this project but since the project hasn't been as successful as I wanted I'll be going back to work in the new year. But for the last 2 months before that I want to finish one project I neglected a long time--adding full text search and a new better interface (among other features) to my web archive tool--and I want to try to quickly hack out a new project--a Scribe clone, because I really like what they're doing and it's close to the RPA collaboration tool I wanted to build with my remote browser; tho I'm going to have to build it as an extension--before I return to work, which I really don't want to do! I don't know if either of these are going to be successful nor make money but I just want to finish the neglected and try my hand at a new project as another bet to try to get that success that I want.

Re: Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)

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Post by Grustaf » Tue, Nov 02, 2021, 8:19 AM UTC

philangist wrote: post #180

I won the IPO lottery and I’m in the middle ground between rich enough to never work again but not quite rich enough for the yachts/mansions/private jets lifestyle. I haven’t worked in 6 months and I’m struggling to find a larger meaning to my life beyond getting yet another tech job. I’ve considered going to college for a math degree, moving to my parents home country, and joining the military (among many other opti…

You could do worse than Russian literature. I did the opposite, moved to Russia instead of pursuing a career. Looking back, your order of doing things makes more sense...