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22-year-old builds chips in his parents’ garage
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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!
"One of Zeloof’s best finds was a broken electron microscope that cost $250,000 in the early ’90s; he bought it for $1,000 and repaired it."
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Isn’t the collective wisdom around here that there’s no competing with FAANG when it comes to job offers? And we know they’ve engaged in anticompetitive behavior among themselves when it comes to recruiting. I would be unsurprised to find out it still takes place. But I think the point was monopoly power from their core products is the real issue, and that enables the astronomical salaries.
The point of anticompetitve behavior in the hiring market is to be able to pay less to get people. The fact that they pay the highest prices for people means they sure suck at it.
You don’t know the highest possible price.
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No, It's not. I was a poor kid and didn't get financial support from my parents in young adulthood/college. I couldn't even fathom spending $1,000 on non-essential expenses during college. I was living entirely on student loans and minimum wage summer jobs - When that's your life you can't think about anything but pure survival. It's an entirely different mindset that I have now as a financially secure person. If I g…
$1300 is my monthly income as software engineer with 9 years of experience(in a third world country).
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For sure, but I bet not all kids with support from their family do cool things. Or put it in the other way, you have to prove yourself worthy before getting any fund (even from parents).
> Or put it in the other way, you have to prove yourself worthy before getting any fund (even from parents). I really don’t know where you got this mindset but it’s 100% not true. I know many parents who throw many resources at their kids whenever their kids show even slight interest in something. Even if they don’t show interest in many things - they still get great access.
An exception to prove the rule. Throwing money at a kid, unwarranted (slight interest makes it unwarranted), spoils the kid.
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Yeah, absolutely. I think the best way to understand this kid is that he is definitely at the intersection of privilege and talent. That is not to take anything away from his achievements. This kid's kicking ass.
The other factor is access to youtube to find likeminded people and have things explained and see what is possible. When I was young I loved computers but even install Linux or learn machine code seemed like this impenetrable world that was “for adults”. I think the modern internet is great for people sharing knowhow. That said this man is a genius!
Disagree. Didn't have YouTube, Google, etc and still cracked video game protections when i was 10.
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So basically a member of the middle class in a developed country. How remarkable.
I don't know many middle class families who would buy 10s of thousands of dollars worth of equipment for their kid.
You likely do and haven't realised.
A decent quality upright piano is about $10000.
Some kids have go karting or motorcycle racing hobbies. Some have archery, golf, etc. They all cost a lot of money over time. Hell, some kids sail! That's really not cheap.