Hey Folks,
my name is David and i'm 26 from germany.
After finishing Unscripted and The Millionaire Fastlane i decided to give the forum a try as i have my reasons for it as you will see below.
- What's your lifestory so far?
Let me give you guys a good overview which also shows some of my biases, believes and bullshit.
I was raised by my solo mom without a father (and of course no child support).
While i wasn't poor poor my childhood wasn't minted in luxury getting the best toys
or having the chance to spend money on things i wanted to have e.g. a new gaming pc or anything fancy.
Also my family is the definition of not taking accountability for your lifechoices and in hindsight a lot of my behavior
back in the days is linked to that.
My teenage years were okayish, however i turned out to be that nerd who plays dota2 or counter strike all day.
I literally transformed into the definition of the sidewalk. Being bad in school and just waiting to have free time/weekend
to get the next dopamine high. Beside all that i always had this inner feeling that the whole school system is
f*cked up and is just a waste of time. Same goes for the people having a job and living on repeat the next 40 years.
This whole thing went on until i got kicked out. Our schooling system is different than in the us but you could compare it
with finishing middle school. From there on i went to another school to get a degree so i can go to university.
You see i also bought into the scripted dogma that i need a degree in some specialized field so i don't have to
do blue collar shit jobs and earn more cash. At least in germany you can get far with it (i doubt that you can beat the test of time though).
The only difference for me was i never knew what to exactly do with my life. Everything seemed off. I needed something
that i could do all day -> Do what you love? I had no immediate idea which is why after getting my last school degree i took a year off
and in that year i tried several things where one was learning to code. Also i had the blessing from my last school i visited to
have a social circle where people actually coded and saw it as their passion, but i wasn't immediately into that.
Ever heard of those slimy clickworker sites where you fill out some survey to get 10 pennies or a dollar?
You can actually automize this using a browser puppet like selenium, playwright or any other that comes to mind (at least back in the days).
Combine it with C# & Javascript and viola you have a survey bot. While this was my way to learn software engineering,
my code was crap and i earned a few hundred dollars with it and essentially did coding all day. Further i was determined enough
to buy a second mini computer with it so that the bot could run over night aka we making passive income.
I also thought about giving friends of me the software so that i could scale it and give them part of the cash earned.
You see i didn't earn much from it and if i look at the project i vomit about how stupid i was, however it exposed me to
the world of working for yourself & doing something i liked -> "Do what you love" trap?
From this standpoint i went to a private university to study computer science. I had to go private because
my local uni's didn't accept me (the federal ones) and moving to another state was to expensive then private.
The rates here are way less than in the us. Further i had no financial support and a pretty tense situation at home which got
me kicked out in the meantime. Fast forward, my student years where full of learning, getting my a$$ kicked and working
to survive. I learned a lot and pushed through because i did it for me, not because i wanted a job at company xyz.
After i graduated i went into the security field as a security engineer at a project firm. Reason was that i got more into cybersecurity
because i thaught myself the basics of reverse engineering and c++ which resulted in a basic cheat for csgo, however not undetected + i was still stupid af.
Two years passed, i saved most of my money and worked on getting better at cheat development. I worked through a lot of books, side projects and ofcourse
certifications. I was literally an outcast, the guy who worked all day every day which got me thinking to quit my job.
From my perspective i did most things alone, my colleagues weren't dumb or unfriendly but they didn't share the work on yourself mentality and
even if they did they tried to persuad me into doing side projects with them or work for them (kinda messed up). Projects at work didn't go well either
because of stupid planning and i had the feeling that im at the wrong place -> A real F*ck this event happened. I quit without any alternative.
I still worked on some certifications without any income, thats when a friend of mine introduced me to a startup company -> Getting exposed to the fastlane?
The work ethic aligned with me and also the mentality of self improvement, so i started to actually work for them. Further i noticed after quiting my job
that it is very though to grind completely alone which was another reason to join them.
Through this i got exposed to working everday on a product, being on some startup pitch events (most of them are useless though, work and getting customers is more important),
dealing with customers & hard situation e.g. someone tells me how shit my software is.
In the end i couldn't push through, my work life resulted in a 80 hour work week and my freetime was hitting the gym.
Further my believe system wasn't 100% aligned with the work i was doing. I didn't 100% trust the process and wasn't ready to sacrifice
more (3B's). On the way i lost friends, girlfriend & a decent lifestyle (okay it wasnt decent to start with, i knew i would quit from the project firm so i rented a cheap appartment in the hood lol).
Funny enough i didn't read any books on entrepreneurship back then but most things mentioned in mj's books is exactly what happened to me in the retrospective.
- What are you currently up to?
I decided to work a 9/5 again in security. Job market is though since llm's disrupted the software engineering industry.
Additionally i confess that i wasn't 100% aligned with living for a paycheck again and a bit burned out.
I accepted an offer in management for the time being. Job is very easy and i got enough time to do side hustles.
The only negative part is the environment, i'm once again alone with the grind mentality and working in a startup changed me
in a way where im not very kind hearted to people wasting their potential or having a filter on the things i do or say.
Further there is the saying that "You are your environment and your environment is you" and i have the feeling that im getting slower/dumber.
On the side im working on a cheat for cs2. I got enough time to do it, though the five commandments kinda contradict this endeavor
because it lacks control & is a gray area. I have a weird feeling if i push through it i invested way to much time to see that it is not sustainable.
While i would get customers for sure and get more experienced it could lead to a dead end.
Another options is freelancing at the side to increase income. I know i got the skill but its again bound by your time just to earn a
few thousands euros after tax more doesn't seem to be worth it.
I recently got an offer to restart at the startup i worked with. But now the chance of getting equity is much slimmer than before.
I declined because the deal is not suitable, you could argue against my decision with the self improvement card if you like.
Last option would be to pivot and persue something else.
- What is your reason to grind, work on your self (Why's)?
I had not the best childhood, a lot of stress about money and fights and stupid decision from my family. I don't want that my children
grow up like me.
I want to look back at my life and see that i used my full potential not 50-80%.
I don't believe in living to survive, life is meaningless this way.
I like freedom, i never understood why people enslave themselfes for someone else.
- What do you want to achieve on the forum?
Connect with people that have the same ideals. As i said above you are your environment and your environment is you.
As a computer nerd i do most things alone which in the long run will not benefit me in a good way.
I have the feeling that this is also a bias/behavior that i internalized because of my path in life and of course because im a natural introvert.
That should be it for now. Very long text and a lot of details.
I'm thankful for everyone investing their time to read my story.
my name is David and i'm 26 from germany.
After finishing Unscripted and The Millionaire Fastlane i decided to give the forum a try as i have my reasons for it as you will see below.
- What's your lifestory so far?
Let me give you guys a good overview which also shows some of my biases, believes and bullshit.
I was raised by my solo mom without a father (and of course no child support).
While i wasn't poor poor my childhood wasn't minted in luxury getting the best toys
or having the chance to spend money on things i wanted to have e.g. a new gaming pc or anything fancy.
Also my family is the definition of not taking accountability for your lifechoices and in hindsight a lot of my behavior
back in the days is linked to that.
My teenage years were okayish, however i turned out to be that nerd who plays dota2 or counter strike all day.
I literally transformed into the definition of the sidewalk. Being bad in school and just waiting to have free time/weekend
to get the next dopamine high. Beside all that i always had this inner feeling that the whole school system is
f*cked up and is just a waste of time. Same goes for the people having a job and living on repeat the next 40 years.
This whole thing went on until i got kicked out. Our schooling system is different than in the us but you could compare it
with finishing middle school. From there on i went to another school to get a degree so i can go to university.
You see i also bought into the scripted dogma that i need a degree in some specialized field so i don't have to
do blue collar shit jobs and earn more cash. At least in germany you can get far with it (i doubt that you can beat the test of time though).
The only difference for me was i never knew what to exactly do with my life. Everything seemed off. I needed something
that i could do all day -> Do what you love? I had no immediate idea which is why after getting my last school degree i took a year off
and in that year i tried several things where one was learning to code. Also i had the blessing from my last school i visited to
have a social circle where people actually coded and saw it as their passion, but i wasn't immediately into that.
Ever heard of those slimy clickworker sites where you fill out some survey to get 10 pennies or a dollar?
You can actually automize this using a browser puppet like selenium, playwright or any other that comes to mind (at least back in the days).
Combine it with C# & Javascript and viola you have a survey bot. While this was my way to learn software engineering,
my code was crap and i earned a few hundred dollars with it and essentially did coding all day. Further i was determined enough
to buy a second mini computer with it so that the bot could run over night aka we making passive income.
I also thought about giving friends of me the software so that i could scale it and give them part of the cash earned.
You see i didn't earn much from it and if i look at the project i vomit about how stupid i was, however it exposed me to
the world of working for yourself & doing something i liked -> "Do what you love" trap?
From this standpoint i went to a private university to study computer science. I had to go private because
my local uni's didn't accept me (the federal ones) and moving to another state was to expensive then private.
The rates here are way less than in the us. Further i had no financial support and a pretty tense situation at home which got
me kicked out in the meantime. Fast forward, my student years where full of learning, getting my a$$ kicked and working
to survive. I learned a lot and pushed through because i did it for me, not because i wanted a job at company xyz.
After i graduated i went into the security field as a security engineer at a project firm. Reason was that i got more into cybersecurity
because i thaught myself the basics of reverse engineering and c++ which resulted in a basic cheat for csgo, however not undetected + i was still stupid af.
Two years passed, i saved most of my money and worked on getting better at cheat development. I worked through a lot of books, side projects and ofcourse
certifications. I was literally an outcast, the guy who worked all day every day which got me thinking to quit my job.
From my perspective i did most things alone, my colleagues weren't dumb or unfriendly but they didn't share the work on yourself mentality and
even if they did they tried to persuad me into doing side projects with them or work for them (kinda messed up). Projects at work didn't go well either
because of stupid planning and i had the feeling that im at the wrong place -> A real F*ck this event happened. I quit without any alternative.
I still worked on some certifications without any income, thats when a friend of mine introduced me to a startup company -> Getting exposed to the fastlane?
The work ethic aligned with me and also the mentality of self improvement, so i started to actually work for them. Further i noticed after quiting my job
that it is very though to grind completely alone which was another reason to join them.
Through this i got exposed to working everday on a product, being on some startup pitch events (most of them are useless though, work and getting customers is more important),
dealing with customers & hard situation e.g. someone tells me how shit my software is.
In the end i couldn't push through, my work life resulted in a 80 hour work week and my freetime was hitting the gym.
Further my believe system wasn't 100% aligned with the work i was doing. I didn't 100% trust the process and wasn't ready to sacrifice
more (3B's). On the way i lost friends, girlfriend & a decent lifestyle (okay it wasnt decent to start with, i knew i would quit from the project firm so i rented a cheap appartment in the hood lol).
Funny enough i didn't read any books on entrepreneurship back then but most things mentioned in mj's books is exactly what happened to me in the retrospective.
- What are you currently up to?
I decided to work a 9/5 again in security. Job market is though since llm's disrupted the software engineering industry.
Additionally i confess that i wasn't 100% aligned with living for a paycheck again and a bit burned out.
I accepted an offer in management for the time being. Job is very easy and i got enough time to do side hustles.
The only negative part is the environment, i'm once again alone with the grind mentality and working in a startup changed me
in a way where im not very kind hearted to people wasting their potential or having a filter on the things i do or say.
Further there is the saying that "You are your environment and your environment is you" and i have the feeling that im getting slower/dumber.
On the side im working on a cheat for cs2. I got enough time to do it, though the five commandments kinda contradict this endeavor
because it lacks control & is a gray area. I have a weird feeling if i push through it i invested way to much time to see that it is not sustainable.
While i would get customers for sure and get more experienced it could lead to a dead end.
Another options is freelancing at the side to increase income. I know i got the skill but its again bound by your time just to earn a
few thousands euros after tax more doesn't seem to be worth it.
I recently got an offer to restart at the startup i worked with. But now the chance of getting equity is much slimmer than before.
I declined because the deal is not suitable, you could argue against my decision with the self improvement card if you like.
Last option would be to pivot and persue something else.
- What is your reason to grind, work on your self (Why's)?
I had not the best childhood, a lot of stress about money and fights and stupid decision from my family. I don't want that my children
grow up like me.
I want to look back at my life and see that i used my full potential not 50-80%.
I don't believe in living to survive, life is meaningless this way.
I like freedom, i never understood why people enslave themselfes for someone else.
- What do you want to achieve on the forum?
Connect with people that have the same ideals. As i said above you are your environment and your environment is you.
As a computer nerd i do most things alone which in the long run will not benefit me in a good way.
I have the feeling that this is also a bias/behavior that i internalized because of my path in life and of course because im a natural introvert.
That should be it for now. Very long text and a lot of details.
I'm thankful for everyone investing their time to read my story.
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