Mitch Johnson: "I don't get into social media. I think I've probably been fired 212 times, and we've traded Fox 72 times ... People have their opinions. I don't care ... De'Aaron Fox will have the basketball in his hands at the end of the game tomorrow."

NOBODY WARNED ME AT 32. SO I'M WARNING YOU. (Write these down. Save them. Screenshot them.) 1. Your parents are not background characters.

🥹 An elderly Tennessee movie theater worker is going viral after a stranger raised over $140,000 through a GoFundMe and shared the news with her in an emotional moment.

I don't know who needs to hear this. You're in a tech job. You're making more than the median wage of the US worker. You're probably worried your skills are atrophying and you're not part of the leading edge of this stuff or doing the "important" work or on the right side of things. But you're actually probably doing fine. There are people out here, massive followings, legends amongst themselves, who can't do what you do. They can't build what you build. They couldn't interview for nor hold the job that you're holding. You might think you should quit and start something of your own. For a very small percentage of you that has a 20% chance of working and maybe you should take the chance if you understand the risks. But for most people in this position, all you have to do is take it day by day. Work on some cool shit at night. Keep your eyes open and look for something better, more challenging. The opportunities won't disappear if you're vigilant; they'll just change shape. You're probably in your mid-20s. Many of you are even younger. When I was your age I was repairing iPhones for $10 an hour and I'd eat MREs out of my National Guard coworker's car so I wouldn't blow an hour of pay or more on lunch. I didn't even know what Y Combinator or any of that stuff was until I was 24 or 25. I give out a lot of advice for free and never charge people for coaching. I had a call with this founder who's one of the most incredible engineers I've met. He's burnt out after doing startups. He's like 22 and asked me "is it bad that I just want to be a 22 year old?" and I was like no man. You'll only be 22 once. There will probably be things to do for those with the courage to seek them forever. Don't worry about it, but don't coast either. Most life mistakes are worse than "I got burnt out" and are more like "I got addicted to drugs" or "I followed the wrong people around until my life blew up". You don't have to worry all the time. You just have to try and make it happen, move to places with power-law scaling opportunities (dense cities with lots of capital), and keep trying until something clicks. I worked at that iPhone repair shop until one day I called every studio in town asking to sweep the floors. The engineer for Lady Antebellum picked up the phone on the other end. Even after the GRAMMY I couldn't really get a job. So I packed my stuff up and got to NYC where I moved in with my girlfriend and my roommate. Got sick later. Lost it all. Worked at a bank. Discovered code completion early. The rest was history. The girlfriend became my wife. All I had to do was keep doing the thing until it became no easier but more reliable. You will get there. But you will only be as young as you are once. Don't burn that because you think you have to get ahead. But don't let yourself become a 40 year old craving camp for grown-ups either. You'll be fine if you exist in the middle bound of giving a shit.

Be unhinged. Be specific. Be unapologetically you. I believe AGI is coming. I believe it will do almost anything. But access will not be equal. The ones with capital will reach the frontier. Everyone else fights for scraps or pays a premium. So your edge is two things: > Getting to the best intelligence you can. > Being someone no model can replicate once you do. Your taste. Your judgment. The unrepeatable way you do things. That will be the last real moat.

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