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22-year-old builds chips in his parents’ garage

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Re: 22-year-old builds chips in his parents’ garage

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Post by freemint »

beckman466 wrote: post #7
moring wrote: post #3

Does anyone have an idea whether there is a potential hobbyist market for home-grown chips of this size? I know that I would definitely be willing to spend around $100 for a much smaller chip, like quad-gates or slightly above (1200 transistors is way beyond what I thought is possible in a garage), more the larger the chip gets, and ultimately including getting involved in the design of the chip -- but then of course…

> 1200 transistors is way beyond what I thought is possible in a garage what (prior) breakthroughs enabled Zeloof to achieve this?

All the research that was founded by tax dollars in the 70s before all the research was privatised (like nor more scientific publications how it was done etc).

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Post by gitfan86 »

sdze wrote: post #9

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As someone who grew up poor, but is now not poor, this is what I want for my kids. Taking on projects that they find interesting and challenging, and sharing it with the world.

I will be very sad if my kids end up doing nothing with their lives or spend it online making negative comments all day.

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Post by TrackerFF »

danielrpa wrote: post #10

Amazing! "Zeloof says he doesn’t know for sure what he wants to do after graduating this spring" - I hope we don't hear later that he went to work for FAANG. One the saddest things about Big Tech is how they take young talent away from innovative, potentially competing enterprises and into busy work internal projects just because they can.

It's hard to compete with FAANG, Finance, and Consulting. Unfortunately, that's where a lot of people end up.

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Post by osrec »

TrackerFF wrote: post #14
danielrpa wrote: post #10

Amazing! "Zeloof says he doesn’t know for sure what he wants to do after graduating this spring" - I hope we don't hear later that he went to work for FAANG. One the saddest things about Big Tech is how they take young talent away from innovative, potentially competing enterprises and into busy work internal projects just because they can.

It's hard to compete with FAANG, Finance, and Consulting. Unfortunately, that's where a lot of people end up.

Comfortable money + marketing hype keep it that way unfortunately.

If governments really wanted to prioritise innovation, they should consider giving a banker's salary to a research scientist.

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Post by xor99 »

sdze wrote: post #9

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His videos are an excellent educational resource that everyone can access easily. He's following that style (e.g. Applied Science) that is valuable for others wanting to learning how to build technologies without all of the fake complexity and grandstanding/secrecy that can sometimes accompany it. Nothing wrong with that!

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Post by xvector »

TrackerFF wrote: post #14
danielrpa wrote: post #10

Amazing! "Zeloof says he doesn’t know for sure what he wants to do after graduating this spring" - I hope we don't hear later that he went to work for FAANG. One the saddest things about Big Tech is how they take young talent away from innovative, potentially competing enterprises and into busy work internal projects just because they can.

It's hard to compete with FAANG, Finance, and Consulting. Unfortunately, that's where a lot of people end up.

TC isn't everything. I'm pulling truly bonkers TC at 26, and yet I feel a deep void inside me.

I recently realized that this void is because I am not living by my ideals/purpose. I know what I want to do in life, I know how I want to contribute to the story of humanity, and yet I am letting my greed overrule me and force me into a different path. Essentially, I am betraying myself, and this causes that feeling of unfulfillment/void.

I suspect I am not the only FAANG/unicorn/quant engineer that feels this way. Don't get me wrong, I greatly enjoy the day to day technical work I do. But my day job does not help me work towards what I have defined as my existential purpose.

Recently I decided I will change this, whether through volunteering or a new job (even if it might pay less.) I'm more excited than I have been in months. I will die happy if I can positively impact humanity towards the direction I hope for it to go towards.

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