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  1. Tom H.

    Shiny & new

    INTRO 
    Thanks for your service as a paramedic, I can only imagine what a brutal job that must be sometimes.
  2. Tom H.

    Of everything is the same how do determine value

    If you are the expert in first aid, you know a lot more about what adds value then I do... and that gives you my real answer: the authority of the instructors and owners is what I'd look for. Kind of like picking a martial arts instructor, I'm going to be attracted to a place where it feels...
  3. Tom H.

    Lead Gen for Python Coding Website

    MARKETING 
    He's a funny guy.
  4. Tom H.

    They want to amend the IL constitution to eAT tHE rICH

    HOT! OFF-TOPIC 
    Who is John Galt?
  5. Tom H.

    Audience first approach. Yeah right... What is that anyways?

    MARKETING 
    @eTox what strategies and tactics do you use to find markets?
  6. Tom H.

    Audience first approach. Yeah right... What is that anyways?

    MARKETING 
    "Become a student of markets." "Give me a hungry market." Great book. I'll read anything Gary Halbert b wrote, even if he was writing about rubber bands or paying taxes. I actually own studentofmarkets.com
  7. Tom H.

    AWS Partner

    PEOPLE 
    Yea, we are heavy into AWS at my job, but my experience from that has lead me to embrace just plain Linux servers for all of my own projects. AWS is basically another operating system you have to manage, I'd rather just use Linux and a more servers when I need to scale (DO route isn't bad...
  8. Tom H.

    From Flat-Broke to Financial Freedom: How to Get Started When You Have No Money

    GOLD! HOT! 
    Good video, I just recommended it to a friend.
  9. Tom H.

    AWS Partner

    PEOPLE 
    AWS has so many services and you can do some many really complex things. I use AWS daily, across a wide range of services, managing multiple environments. If I took on an open-ended contract to manage AWS I'd have to charge a lot. I could see off-the-shelf options though, like an "S3 + Route 53...
  10. Tom H.

    Opinion: Skipping college is not going to make you fastlane

    HOT! 
    Maybe college makes sense for some people I don't know. I have to echo what @socaldude said, modern academia is essentially an indoctrination camp. I always struggled in elementary/high school, yet everyone told me to go to college anyway, because I'm smart, I have really high test scores, etc...
  11. Tom H.

    How Do You Celebrate Hitting a Big Milestone?

    I don't know how you should celebrate, I'll share what I like. I don't care too much about vacations or travelling, I'd rather attend a 10-day vipassana course than go on a vacation. If you can afford not to work for 2 weeks, the vipassana course is free, and it is kind of a reward in that you...
  12. Tom H.

    16 Years Old and $17,000 in Savings

    INTRO 
    Congrats on the success so far! I'm impressed. Keep working on your skills, sounds like you're already on the right track. Just sharing my personal experience, not necessarily about making money, but about being 17 years old: experience in a hands-on non-bullshit job is good. My life changed...
  13. Tom H.

    Are you an ENTP and wonder why you can't get things done when working for yourself?

    HOT! MINDSET 
    Thanks for the great video! For anyone that didn't watch it, a few of the highlights: - Use a vision of life 25 years in the future as a way of nailing down what is really important to you, what success really looks like, and what prices you are willing to pay. Getting clear on everything...
  14. Tom H.

    What was your first "cash flow positive asset?"

    A library of Kindle books. Took me basically one weekend to create and brings in around $50/month (for now). It's only a small amount, but it's still going strong with zero work and it was an incredible feeling when I first started seeing that passive income hit my bank account. Around 7 years...
  15. Tom H.

    Are you an ENTP and wonder why you can't get things done when working for yourself?

    HOT! MINDSET 
    I've worked happily as a programmer and as a writer. The key thing for me is autonomy and creative freedom. Programming and writing can both be soul-crushing when I have stupid requirements and not enough freedom, but when I have jobs where I am trusted to think for myself and I'm doing good...
  16. Tom H.

    Are you an ENTP and wonder why you can't get things done when working for yourself?

    HOT! MINDSET 
    @Remiremi I really respect that initial post. To get you to expand a bit more: how do you think about goal setting in the context of the advice you gave for ENTP personalities? How useful is it to set goals? Should ENTP personalities just multi-track lots of goals? Is it better to have a single...
  17. Tom H.

    Are you an ENTP and wonder why you can't get things done when working for yourself?

    HOT! MINDSET 
    I'm unclear on this argument (maybe that's the openness and perceiving at work...). I definitely do not believe it's easy (if possible) to just change personality types at will. That seems blatantly ignorant of the fact that we are all caught up in a process of cause and effect. At the same...
  18. Tom H.

    Are you an ENTP and wonder why you can't get things done when working for yourself?

    HOT! MINDSET 
    Yea, I've looked at Notion, Evernote, Org-mode, various implementations of Zettlekasten, various implementations of GTD. Every system like that sucks me in and seems promising, but ultimately ends up more distracting than useful. I definitely believe in the value of having some kind of personal...
  19. Tom H.

    Are you an ENTP and wonder why you can't get things done when working for yourself?

    HOT! MINDSET 
    Hey guys, this post inspired me to write a draft for a (hypothetical) productivity/organization/calendaring email newsletter. It's about a specific tactic I've had in mind that is very aligned with the advice in the OP. I figured since I just wrote it all out, I might as well share it here. ---...
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