pull down to refresh
125 sats \ 0 replies \ @cascdr 22 Jan \ on: What made you want to become a dev? devs
- My dad inspired me. He invented so many cool things
- Combo of Ayn Rand + My dad got me to think: "Son, you can be a maker or a taker. Which one is it going to be?"
- Throughout career made sure to avoid options like grifty startups and DoD
- Realized through some tough lessons even something as honest as making power tools for construction there is pure grift and parasitism galore
- Wanted more control over the impact of what I work on and who I work with
- Took the entrepreneur pill
- Switched from hardware projects to software ones after realizing that the marginal cost of production is low and leaves power asymmetry for David over Goliath
- Accidentally stumbled into bitcoin through numerous strokes of pure chance and never looked back