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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…
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…
Because video works better for product demos.
Show, don't tell.
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…
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.
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…
Maybe try helping people without expecting or even wanting any financial return.
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…
You’ve built a screen recording software and you’re calling employees of Atlassian NPC.
Whilst being an Elon Musk fan.
Paying to be brought up a mountain and being shit at even that.
Find a shrink
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…