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A college student reached $64k/mo in 6 months by being an AI first mover

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Re: A college student reached $64k/mo in 6 months by being an AI first mover

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Post by pphysch »

tqi wrote: post #43
yamtaddle wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Industry associations creating certifications w/ testing?

Hm IANAL so am definitely waaay out over my skis here, but I assume the optics of large employers mutually deciding who is/isn't qualified to work for them lends itself to accusations of collusion and wage suppression.

We're way past that point. Big Business (i.e. BRT) is currently pushing a new bill that would allow corporations to "buy" undocumented laborers at $2K-$10K for a period of 10 years. IANA-policy-wonk but it looks like it could become law.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6637...

Re: A college student reached $64k/mo in 6 months by being an AI first mover

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Post by ativzzz »

dgfitz wrote: post #47
becquerel wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

communism, because when everyone's basic needs are guaranteed they have the mental/physical bandwidth to be innovators, and without commodity fetishism, scientific advancements can be made for the sake of responding to human needs, rather than facilitating the creation of products

Communism in the US is just never going to happen. Full stop. Just. Not. Happening. Following your line of reasoning to conclusion, what incentive do I have to work if all my "needs" are provided already? Extrapolate that out to the rest of the population. Oh so now I am being forced to work? What motivation do I have to do a good job? What will happen, I'll get fired from the job? Who cares, all my 'needs' are alrea…

There was a joke in soviet russia - "we don't get paid much, so we also don't work much either"

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Post by polski-g »

_gfwu wrote: post #13

>"It made it very clear that my goal of making $10k a month from a side project is not a crazy goal to have." Honestly that entire interview just reveals how much of that poor guys thinking is already infected by the virus called capitalism. Accumulating personal wealth shouldn't be the end goal here. It's short-sighted and perpetuates the very system that created inequality and injustice in the first place. Instead…

Why?

Re: A college student reached $64k/mo in 6 months by being an AI first mover

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Post by mercutio2 »

nicoburns wrote: post #59
ravenstine wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A ton of HN'ers seem woefully butthurt over AI. I'm not saying that the current generation of AI is "smart" or "AGI", but every thread mentioning AI has a disproportionate amount of naysayers who think LLMs are either totally useless or that anything involving AI is "the next bitcoin." When people knee-jerk react negatively to these kinds of stories, I can only picture envy and an insecurity of not truly knowing wher…

I think the hype around AI is more like the dotcom boom. Like the internet (and mostly unlike cryptocurrency), AI is a genuinely useful technology and likely to be transformative over the long term. On the other hand, (and also like the internet) it's currently being peddled as the answer to absolutely everything, much of which is pretty ridiculous.

I love this analogy.

Tiny nitpick: technology being pedaled makes me think of e-bikes. Which are awesome. But you probably meant peddled!

Re: A college student reached $64k/mo in 6 months by being an AI first mover

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Post by granshaw »

ravenstine wrote: post #49
koochi10 wrote: post #39

I know this crowd / silicon valley is accustom to these kinds of stories. But we should remember that this is a college kid, who saw an opportunity and took initiative to build a business. The comments here are WAY too critical. We should celebrate these kinds of stories, instead of nitpicking. Additionally these 'A.I apps are just gold rush' comments are too dismissive about the potential. It may be that there are s…

A ton of HN'ers seem woefully butthurt over AI. I'm not saying that the current generation of AI is "smart" or "AGI", but every thread mentioning AI has a disproportionate amount of naysayers who think LLMs are either totally useless or that anything involving AI is "the next bitcoin." When people knee-jerk react negatively to these kinds of stories, I can only picture envy and an insecurity of not truly knowing wher…

The crowd here just wants to ensure their high paying mega tech jobs stay safe. Can’t blame them, kinda in the same camp

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Post by mercutio2 »

nicoburns wrote: post #61
janalsncm wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I interview people and ask LC-style questions. It’s not the only part of my interview nor is it a dealbreaker to not get the optimal solution. Being a savant capable of finding a mathematical breakthrough in 30 minutes is not important. But it gives me a chance to see how nimble you are with code which is important.

Why ask leetcode questions rather than realistic ones that represent the sort of code someone might actually be expected to write during the course of their job?

Domain specific questions end up being MORE unfair, from my perspective. They optimize for people familiar with a bunch of trivial knowledge that doesn't actually have much to do with CS.

As it happens all my "leetcode style" questions involve code I've actually written in anger for shipping software.

But dressing up hard problems in a bunch of situation-specific word-problem camouflage to make it seem like I don't care if you can analyze, apply, and discuss common CS concepts doesn't seem an improvement.

Re: A college student reached $64k/mo in 6 months by being an AI first mover

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Post by theonething »

teach wrote: post #3

Somebody always wins the lottery. This doesn't mean that playing the lottery is a useful path to riches for anyone else. Edited to add: This is not an indictment on the college student in question! Congrats to him for being prepared to seize on an opportunity and executing well.

> wins the lottery

> Congrats to him for being prepared to seize on an opportunity and executing well.

Those two statements seem incongruent.

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Post by dgfitz »

janalsncm wrote: post #63
dgfitz wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Communism in the US is just never going to happen. Full stop. Just. Not. Happening. Following your line of reasoning to conclusion, what incentive do I have to work if all my "needs" are provided already? Extrapolate that out to the rest of the population. Oh so now I am being forced to work? What motivation do I have to do a good job? What will happen, I'll get fired from the job? Who cares, all my 'needs' are alrea…

There’s something to be said for the fact that in a monopoly, the logical conclusion of capitalism, there is also a lack of competition and incentive to innovate. To answer your question, though, if everyone’s needs were actually met why should anyone work? Within the century we will be living in a world where a lot of our most basic needs can be fulfilled by fully autonomous machines. Who should benefit from this? A…

> Within the century we will be living in a world where a lot of our most basic needs can be fulfilled by fully autonomous machines.

How can you possibly know that? Answer: you can't.

Back in the 50s it was assumed we would have flying cars by now. Turns out we don't.

Dismissing my point with "well in 100 years.." is, to be blunt, a lazy, bullshit response.

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Post by Detrytus »

theonething wrote: post #78
teach wrote: post #3

Somebody always wins the lottery. This doesn't mean that playing the lottery is a useful path to riches for anyone else. Edited to add: This is not an indictment on the college student in question! Congrats to him for being prepared to seize on an opportunity and executing well.

> wins the lottery > Congrats to him for being prepared to seize on an opportunity and executing well. Those two statements seem incongruent.

Being prepared to seize on an opportunity and execute well is necessary, but not sufficient. There's still a whole lot of luck involved.
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