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I am rich and have no idea what to do

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Re: I am rich and have no idea what to do

#801

This is the most childish thing I’ve read. And shows a lot about he doesn’t have any people relying on him or community to support. He takes one hike and throws away 60m. Doesn’t try to find anything interesting to do at Atlassian just calls his coworkers NPCs. This is zero-empathy Peter Pan syndrome at its worse. Sad how he just goes adventure hopping to try and find meaning. The problem is no matter where you are y…

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Re: I am rich and have no idea what to do

#802

Putting aside the whole "I'm rich and aimless, what should I do" thing the author's got going on, I found the product they got rich for (Loom) to be fascinating as a statement on where we are right now. It's essentially just a program that allows you to record a video of yourself while iterating through a presentation or screen share and then share it for feedback. Powerpoint has this as a native feature with OneDriv…

> At that point, why not just send me a set of bullet points and the presentation or screenshots?

Because video works better for product demos.

Show, don't tell.

Re: I am rich and have no idea what to do

#804
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I don't think you have to have Fuck You Money to get to this point. Most people eventually become disillusioned with work enough that they reevaluate what matters to them. Getting a very profitable exit is just one way to trigger that experience. In my experience, a lot of people who get into this state start self-sabotaging hard as a way of rejecting what feels, ironically, like losing control. Sudden freedom can fe…

I don't think you have to have Fuck You Money to get to this point. Most people eventually become disillusioned with work enough that they reevaluate what matters to them. Getting a very profitable exit is just one way to trigger that experience. I’ve seen a lot of people have random outlier success they didn’t earn and it seems to have the same effect as what most people get out of their careers: crushing failure th…

Thank you for this post, remarkably articulated, I concur.

Re: I am rich and have no idea what to do

#805
Everyone calling Loom a glorified screen recorder... there was a $975M dollar bill on the floor and no one else picked it up.

The technology was simple, but it solved a real problem for people. Solving well defined engineering tasks is vastly easier than solving a real problem.

Re: I am rich and have no idea what to do

#806

Putting aside the whole "I'm rich and aimless, what should I do" thing the author's got going on, I found the product they got rich for (Loom) to be fascinating as a statement on where we are right now. It's essentially just a program that allows you to record a video of yourself while iterating through a presentation or screen share and then share it for feedback. Powerpoint has this as a native feature with OneDriv…

Loom is one of my least favorite products because it enables lazy creators to offload the work of organizing and editing their thoughts onto the viewers. So instead of one person spending 30 minutes distilling their thoughts into a coherent narrative once, each member of their audience is forced to do that work separately.

Re: I am rich and have no idea what to do

#807
I can't remember the last time I read something this tone deaf and obnoxious. It reads like a 13 year old's journal. And a selfish 13 year old at that. Guy is so devoted to capitalism that he can't conceive of any way to do good in the world if it doesn't involve starting a business (or trying to make the government run like one).

Maybe try helping people without expecting or even wanting any financial return.

Re: I am rich and have no idea what to do

#808

Putting aside the whole "I'm rich and aimless, what should I do" thing the author's got going on, I found the product they got rich for (Loom) to be fascinating as a statement on where we are right now. It's essentially just a program that allows you to record a video of yourself while iterating through a presentation or screen share and then share it for feedback. Powerpoint has this as a native feature with OneDriv…

Sound like a billion-dollar idea to me (and Atlassian)!

Re: I am rich and have no idea what to do

#810

Putting aside the whole "I'm rich and aimless, what should I do" thing the author's got going on, I found the product they got rich for (Loom) to be fascinating as a statement on where we are right now. It's essentially just a program that allows you to record a video of yourself while iterating through a presentation or screen share and then share it for feedback. Powerpoint has this as a native feature with OneDriv…

Loom is pretty great. It does one thing and does it well. It’s obvious and easy to use. It’s fairly priced. It’s a great tool for remote work!
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