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> IPO then retire and do something else.

Yeah, do what, exactly... Dawdle around dabbling in random stuff, only to eventually get bored and return to tech for making an impact on something and changing the world...




Friends, family, books, movies, games, food, travel, hobbies, more hobbies, coding stuff that's fun instead of merely profitable...

Most people only work so they can support those things in their off hours. There's a thousand things I could occupy a happy lifetime with if I didn't have to work.


"Work is what you're doing when you'd rather be doing something else."


About 1% of tech employment changes the world. Most of it doesn’t. Some of it actively makes it worse. Most of it actively makes it worse.

I live for the bits between doing the tech.


Sounds great to be honest




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