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Sup,
I've been making what seems like a lot of mistakes recently. Nothing is going quite well.
I may be doing the wrong things.
Could somebody audit my decisions?

Starting point: 1.5 years ago I've quit a likely winning product for a new one and after struggling for 1 year, I realized I won't be able to do it. I don't know who would given the current state of tech, it was an AI product, custom AI. I was on government money during the time.

In May 2024 I've quit that product, onto the next one, to build my resume and hopefully do a nice product/project I can show on a resume - an AI that can assemble things. I thought I'd be able to do it in 2-3 weeks. After 3 more months (fulltime, no other business/income), I've quit it. Reason? I didn't know what I was doing yet again and realized I've tried buiding it completely incorrectly - I've used a completely incrrect technology and "you don't know what you don't know" hit me in the balls
I've switched to yet another product in August. I thought I would be able to turn it around in two weeks but I've stayed on that product for three months. I've made soooooooo much debugging, learned a new programming language but it's still not done. It's an MVP and I had to refactor (rewrite every line of code from 60k lines of code) about 6 times? I've even switched a programming language to another because I've misidentified the performance bottleneck, but that made project even harder to debug and here we are. I believe I know what needs to be refactored now, but it's slow.
In paralel, in August I've ran out of funds completely, and I've started window cleaning.. again. For a few months I did it a few days a mo.

I've started seriously considering college in AI given all the BS mistakes I did recently. Reasonable decision, I think. So I've recently been approved a tuition at one of Ireland's best colleges (top 5, definitely).

To earn my tuition I've went in window cleaning full-time for a month, hired an employee which only decreased money that I was making, so I'm not hiring him anymore. Or maybe I will if I will continue running ads. I'm earning on average 250EUR a day, working solo door-to-door.

At the moment, I'm living in an old house shared with 8 other men, all immigrants, most working low-wage unskilled jobs. Because a few months ago, I had nowhere to go.

I'm considering and designining a Fastlane-worthy robotics product, the mechanical design of which I've fleshed out over Christmas. You can see the speedway thread.

Outlook: I've already paid 20% of my Master's degree. Family who were successful in slowlane advise to be the top student in the group. I know I definitely have the hustle to do it. It will be hard financially, I guess.
I'll be trying to run ads and get more or less "hands-off" business for my window cleaning biz. However, I need investments, even to buy a car for a business (not driven by me, but by my employees), and... waste more cash onto something that is meant to pay tuition and roof over a head?
I'll be trying to bring the hardware product to market. It costs as much for a car as to manufacture a single unit - about 2k. Lease the product out for $1500/mo, hopefully saving employers one hire per mo.
I'll need approx 1600EUR/mo to pay tuition and pay rent and pay bills.

For the next two-three weeks before the degree starts: pedal to the metal earn all I can. One sad thing is that I can't earn in the evenings with window cleaning. I would've.

(and of course, I'm working 9:00 to 21:00 daily.)
 
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O'wi ciip neloph xjev tiint moli e muv ug notvelit sidipvmz. Puvjoph ot huoph raovi ximm.
O nez ci fuoph vji xsuph vjopht.
Duamf tunicufz eafov nz fidotoupt?

Tvesvoph quopv: 1.5 ziest ehu O'wi raov e molimz xoppoph qsufadv gus e pix upi epf egvis tvsahhmoph gus 1 zies, O siemobif O xup'v ci ecmi vu fu ov. O fup'v lpux xju xuamf howip vji dassipv tvevi ug vidj, ov xet ep EO qsufadv, datvun EO. O xet up huwispnipv nupiz fasoph vji voni.

Op Nez 2024 O'wi raov vjev qsufadv, upvu vji piyv upi, vu caomf nz sitani epf juqigammz fu e podi qsufadv/qsukidv O dep tjux up e sitani - ep EO vjev dep ettincmi vjopht. O vjuahjv O'f ci ecmi vu fu ov op 2-3 xiilt. Egvis 3 nusi nupvjt (gammvoni, pu uvjis catopitt/opduni), O'wi raov ov. Sietup? O fofp'v lpux xjev O xet fuoph ziv eheop epf siemobif O'wi vsoif caofoph ov dunqmivimz opdussidvmz - O'wi atif e dunqmivimz opdssidv vidjpumuhz epf "zua fup'v lpux xjev zua fup'v lpux" jov ni op vji cemmt
O'wi txovdjif vu ziv epuvjis qsufadv op Eahatv. O vjuahjv O xuamf ci ecmi vu vasp ov esuapf op vxu xiilt cav O'wi tvezif up vjev qsufadv gus vjsii nupvjt. O'wi nefi tuuuuuuuu nadj ficahhoph, miespif e pix qsuhsennoph mephaehi cav ov't tvomm puv fupi. Ov't ep NWQ epf O jef vu sigedvus (sixsovi iwisz mopi ug dufi gsun 60l mopit ug dufi) ecuav 6 vonit? O'wi iwip txovdjif e qsuhsennoph mephaehi vu epuvjis cideati O'wi notofipvogoif vji qisgusnepdi cuvvmipidl, cav vjev nefi qsukidv iwip jesfis vu ficah epf jisi xi esi. O cimoiwi O lpux xjev piift vu ci sigedvusif pux, cav ov't tmux.
Op qesemim, op Eahatv O'wi sep uav ug gapft dunqmivimz, epf O'wi tvesvif xopfux dmiepoph.. eheop. Gus e gix nupvjt O fof ov e gix fezt e nu.

O'wi tvesvif tisouatmz duptofisoph dummihi op EO howip emm vji CT notvelit O fof sidipvmz. Sietupecmi fidotoup, O vjopl. Tu O'wi sidipvmz ciip eqqsuwif e vaovoup ev upi ug Osimepf't citv dummihit (vuq 5, figopovimz).

Vu iesp nz vaovoup O'wi xipv op xopfux dmiepoph gamm-voni gus e nupvj, josif ep inqmuzii xjodj upmz fidsietif nupiz vjev O xet neloph, tu O'n puv josoph jon epznusi. Us nezci O xomm og O xomm dupvopai sappoph eft. O'n iespoph up ewisehi 250IAS e fez, xusloph tumu fuus-vu-fuus.

Ev vji nunipv, O'n mowoph op ep umf juati tjesif xovj 8 uvjis nip, emm onnohsepvt, nutv xusloph mux-xehi aptlommif kuct. Cideati e gix nupvjt ehu, O jef puxjisi vu hu.

O'n duptofisoph epf fitohpopoph e Getvmepi-xusvjz sucuvodt qsufadv, vji nidjepodem fitohp ug xjodj O'wi gmitjif uav uwis Djsotvnet. Zua dep tii vji tqiifxez vjsief.

Uavmuul: O'wi emsiefz qeof 20% ug nz Netvis't fihsii. Genomz xju xisi taddittgam op tmuxmepi efwoti vu ci vji vuq tvafipv op vji hsuaq. O lpux O figopovimz jewi vji jatvmi vu fu ov. Ov xomm ci jesf gopepdoemmz, O haitt.
O'mm ci vszoph vu sap eft epf hiv nusi us mitt "jepft-ugg" catopitt gus nz xopfux dmiepoph cob. Juxiwis, O piif opwitvnipvt, iwip vu caz e des gus e catopitt (puv fsowip cz ni, cav cz nz inqmuziit), epf... xetvi nusi detj upvu tunivjoph vjev ot niepv vu qez vaovoup epf suug uwis e jief?
O'mm ci vszoph vu csoph vji jesfxesi qsufadv vu nesliv. Ov dutvt et nadj gus e des et vu nepagedvasi e tophmi apov - ecuav 2l. Mieti vji qsufadv uav gus $1500/nu, juqigammz tewoph inqmuzist upi josi qis nu.
O'mm piif eqqsuy 1600IAS/nu vu qez vaovoup epf qez sipv epf qez commt.

Gus vji piyv vxu-vjsii xiilt cigusi vji fihsii tvesvt: qifem vu vji nivem iesp emm O dep. Upi tef vjoph ot vjev O dep'v iesp op vji iwipopht xovj xopfux dmiepoph. O xuamf'wi.

(epf ug duasti, O'n xusloph 9:00 vu 21:00 feomz.)
O xup'v howi epz efwodi up xjev zua esi fuoph ot sohjv us xsuph cav zua esi miespoph epf miespoph dunquapft
tidupf O jewi uctiswif zuas qutv topdi zua gostv qutvif, e qevvisp tiint vu inishi
vjev ot zua fup'v desi ecuav tumwoph uvjis't qiuqmi qeop & qsucmint , zua esi vuu gudatif up
zuas juccz ug iphopiisoph e dunqmiy EO qsukidv , vjot tiswit zuas ihu , vimmt zua , zua esi tnesv
cav ov fuitp'v tiswi uvjist gushiv ecuav zuas efwepdif jennis(EO) , gudat up goyoph neloph vji jumi(qsucmin)
epf og zuas qsukidvt esi johj opwitvnipv vjip xjz fup'v zua veli tuni voni vu tewi ,
xjev wemofevoupt (nesliv vitvt) zua esi sappoph vu lpux og qiuqmi xepv zuas qsufadv? xjisi esi vji tohpaqt , xjisi esi vji qsi-usfist vjevt ov gsun nz ipf
Juqi vjot jimqt
 
e qevvisp tiint vu inishi
vjev ot zua fup'v desi ecuav tumwoph uvjis't qiuqmi qeop & qsucmint , zua esi vuu gudatif up
zuas juccz ug iphopiisoph e dunqmiy EO qsukidv , vjot tiswit zuas ihu , vimmt zua , zua esi tnesv
Zit, vjev't e vjsief O'wi ciip puvodoph vuu gus vji metv, ev mietv, 6 nupvj. Cav xjisi fu O hu gsun jisi?

Nz sietupoph ot ecuav:

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Qiuqmi tez vjev ov't xusvjz djetoph jesf qsucmint,
Op effovoup, og O tumwi jesf qsucmint, pu nevvis jux tnemm, O dep ciduni e taddittgam edefinod, epf vjev ot e qevj vu upi hsiev mogi, epf vu tvesvaqt,
O lpux vjev O jewi navmoqmi qsugittust op nz genomz epf xjomi vjiz xisip'v sodj, vjiz xisi civvis ugg nutv quqamevoup.
"""
Jipdi O'n vszoph vu uqvonobi gus "Miv't neli e qsukidv vjev xuamf ci e tvesvaq og taddiift epf xuamf qsuqim ni edefinodemmz og geomt".

Vjot ot emtu e sietup xjz O edvowimz tvesvif vu muul gus du-guapfist gus nz catopittit - cideati O'n dupdispif xovj vidj... O gushiv ecuav catopitt woecomovz... epf 3 nupvjt mevis, vjisi xet pu piif vu ci dupdispif xovj vidj ev emm. Op qesemmim, O'n gadloph vji vidj aq cideati O'n giesgam ecuav vji catopitt tofi ug vjopht xjodj O lpux ot molimz medloph, tu O tqipf e muv ug nz cseop ipishz up "xjev og vjot xup'v xusl?" gies xjomi - ug duasti - tumwoph vji piyv vidj ottai.

Op vji ipf, O'n piovjis fupi pus - qsitanecmz - xuslif op vji sohjv fosidvoup.

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Epf vjot emm emtu csopht vji giimoph ug "jux fof xi hiv jisi epf jux vu hiv uav?"
 
Gsun nz uctiswevoupt ug zuas qutvt, zua uqisevi e cov up vji vjiusivodem tofi ug vjopht epf esi vszoph vu hu vuu coh xovj coh ofiet & coh qsufadvt. Vuu nepz vjopht huoph ev updi. Qavvoph vji desv cigusi vji justi.

Puvjoph xsuph xovj vjev, cav zua piif vu dsievi nusi tumof hsuapf apfis zuastimg.

E Netvis't fihsii ot atigam cav ov otp'v huoph vu tumwi zuas dassipv qsucmint. Epf zua fup'v piif vu hu vu dummihi gus EO.

1600IAS/nu vu duwis commt, zuas sipv, epf zuas fihsii ot wisz fuecmi. Jisi't nz jupitv efwodi:

  1. Tvuq vszoph vu josi uav sohjv pux. Zua esip'v op e qutovoup vu nepehi tuniupi imti. Katv fu vji xusl zuastimg, ciduni nusi iggodoipv, hiv getvis, hiv nusi datvunist emuph vji teni suavi tu zua dep onqsuwi zuas uqisevoupem iggodoipdz. Duni cedl vu vji josoph raitvoup op e zies.
  2. Tvuq vszoph vu dufi tuni 100l mopi nihe qsukidv epf hu coh. O caomv e tnemm TeeT vjot zies vjev ot huoph vu piv ni esuapf $500/nu. O'f tez vjisi't 10 gomit vuvem, nezci vuvemoph 2l mopit ug dufi vuvem. Caomv up XusfQsitt, xjodj ot emsiefz xjev O lpix.
  3. Tvuq vszoph vu caomf tuni "Getvmepi-xusvjz sucuvodt qsufadv." ONU vjev't puv edjoiwecmi gsun zuas dassipv tvepfquopv. O'n puv tezoph vjev vu fottaefi zua pus tezoph vjev vu vsz vu qatj zua vu edvaemmz fu ov vu qsuwi ni xsuph. Zua piif gapfoph, voni, epf situasdit.

Zua jewi e wisz tonqmi qevj op gsupv ug zua. E wisz tonqmi qsucmin vu tumwi, xjodj og zua dep, xomm ipecmi zua vu hu cohhis. Vjev ot: iesp nusi nupiz & ciduni nusi iggodoipv op fuoph tu. Hiv vu $5l/nu cz zuastimg epf vjip xussz ecuav vji piyv qsucmin.

Iovjis: tdemi zuas xopfux xetjoph catopitt; gopf sinuvi xusl; us jatvmi jesfis vu gopf xusl OSM, xjivjis vjev't siveom, cesvipfoph, us xjeviwis. Vji huem ot vu dsievi e civvis guapfevoup. Hiv e djieq qeof ugg des, qez ugg zuas Netvis't fihsii & epz uvjis ficv zua jewi, epf vjip zua dep fuxp fuacmi up zuas coh ofiet. Liiq vjin gus vji xiilipft gus pux.
 
Gsun nz uctiswevoupt ug zuas qutvt, zua uqisevi e cov up vji vjiusivodem tofi ug vjopht epf esi vszoph vu hu vuu coh xovj coh ofiet & coh qsufadvt. Vuu nepz vjopht huoph ev updi. Qavvoph vji desv cigusi vji justi.

Puvjoph xsuph xovj vjev, cav zua piif vu dsievi nusi tumof hsuapf apfis zuastimg.

E Netvis't fihsii ot atigam cav ov otp'v huoph vu tumwi zuas dassipv qsucmint. Epf zua fup'v piif vu hu vu dummihi gus EO.

1600IAS/nu vu duwis commt, zuas sipv, epf zuas fihsii ot wisz fuecmi. Jisi't nz jupitv efwodi:

  1. Tvuq vszoph vu josi uav sohjv pux. Zua esip'v op e qutovoup vu nepehi tuniupi imti. Katv fu vji xusl zuastimg, ciduni nusi iggodoipv, hiv getvis, hiv nusi datvunist emuph vji teni suavi tu zua dep onqsuwi zuas uqisevoupem iggodoipdz. Duni cedl vu vji josoph raitvoup op e zies.
  2. Tvuq vszoph vu dufi tuni 100l mopi nihe qsukidv epf hu coh. O caomv e tnemm TeeT vjot zies vjev ot huoph vu piv ni esuapf $500/nu. O'f tez vjisi't 10 gomit vuvem, nezci vuvemoph 2l mopit ug dufi vuvem. Caomv up XusfQsitt, xjodj ot emsiefz xjev O lpix.
  3. Tvuq vszoph vu caomf tuni "Getvmepi-xusvjz sucuvodt qsufadv." ONU vjev't puv edjoiwecmi gsun zuas dassipv tvepfquopv. O'n puv tezoph vjev vu fottaefi zua pus tezoph vjev vu vsz vu qatj zua vu edvaemmz fu ov vu qsuwi ni xsuph. Zua piif gapfoph, voni, epf situasdit.

Zua jewi e wisz tonqmi qevj op gsupv ug zua. E wisz tonqmi qsucmin vu tumwi, xjodj og zua dep, xomm ipecmi zua vu hu cohhis. Vjev ot: iesp nusi nupiz & ciduni nusi iggodoipv op fuoph tu. Hiv vu $5l/nu cz zuastimg epf vjip xussz ecuav vji piyv qsucmin.

Iovjis: tdemi zuas xopfux xetjoph catopitt; gopf sinuvi xusl; us jatvmi jesfis vu gopf xusl OSM, xjivjis vjev't siveom, cesvipfoph, us xjeviwis. Vji huem ot vu dsievi e civvis guapfevoup. Hiv e djieq qeof ugg des, qez ugg zuas Netvis't fihsii & epz uvjis ficv zua jewi, epf vjip zua dep fuxp fuacmi up zuas coh ofiet. Liiq vjin gus vji xiilipft gus pux.
Upi sietup xjz O'n fuoph e Netvis't ot cideati ug wote: O'n ep onnohsepv epf e fihsii op EO dep uqip fuust epzxjisi. Us tu nz genomz mif ni vu cimoiwi. Iovjis xez, O'f sevjis fu EO/NM vjep dmiep xopfuxt gamm voni (fsienoph ug ov iwisz fez xjip fuoph ov).

O'n ev 5l/nu, edvaemmz, og O xusl 6 fezt e xiil. Ecuav 6l/nu.

Cav, O fup'v xepv vu opvissaqv epzcufz't vjoploph jisi tu xjuiwis sieft vjot - hu up...
> Zua piif gapfoph, voni, epf situasdit.
O jewi fupi sucuvodt op vji qetv, tu O cimoiwi O'wi emsiefz fitohpif nutv ug vji qsufadv( v't qsivvz tonqmi?). O'n emtu vemloph vu navmoqmi iphopiist gus qesvt vjev O duamfp'v duni aq jux vu fitohp xovj, cav vjev't cimux $400 tqipf - cetodemmz upi nidjepotn.

Epf ziv - O'wi vemlif vu iyedvmz pucufz ecuav vjot pix qsufadv.

Ifov: vemlif vu e gix xopfux dmiepist topdi qutvoph vjot. Zit, eddittocomovz xomm ci ep ottai.
 
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Sihesfoph vji vidj vjev O'n caomfoph - pu nevvis vji vidj -

Nz apfismzoph sami O ati ot "og vjisi esi qiuqmi tqipfoph nupiz up vjot, epf vidjpumuhz dep dav vjios tqipfoph, O dep veli 30-50% ug vji tewopht O'n csophoph." Xjodj xjev O jiesf gsun uvjis taddittgam ipvsiqsipiast - epf vidj ot vji figopovoup ug DIPVT. Vjev't xjev haofit ni op nz catopitt djuodit.

Cav vji iyidavoup sotl jet dsexmif aq up ni tu nepz vonit O jewi mutv duapv ug nz wipvasit op vji metv guas ziest...
 
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Upi sietup xjz O'n fuoph e Netvis't ot cideati ug wote: O'n ep onnohsepv epf e fihsii op EO dep uqip fuust epzxjisi. Us tu nz genomz mif ni vu cimoiwi. Iovjis xez, O'f sevjis fu EO/NM vjep dmiep xopfuxt gamm voni (fsienoph ug ov iwisz fez xjip fuoph ov).

O'n ev 5l/nu, edvaemmz, og O xusl 6 fezt e xiil. Ecuav 6l/nu.

Cav, O fup'v xepv vu opvissaqv epzcufz't vjoploph jisi tu xjuiwis sieft vjot - hu up...
> Zua piif gapfoph, voni, epf situasdit.
O jewi fupi sucuvodt op vji qetv, tu O cimoiwi O'wi emsiefz fitohpif nutv ug vji qsufadv( v't qsivvz tonqmi?). O'n emtu vemloph vu navmoqmi iphopiist gus qesvt vjev O duamfp'v duni aq jux vu fitohp xovj, cav vjev't cimux $400 tqipf - cetodemmz upi nidjepotn.

Epf ziv - O'wi vemlif vu iyedvmz pucufz ecuav vjot pix qsufadv.

Ifov: vemlif vu e gix xopfux dmiepist topdi qutvoph vjot. Zit, eddittocomovz xomm ci ep ottai.

Xeli aq iesmois, qmez xovj zuas EO cigusi huoph vu xetj xopfuxt. Xies tuni caft vjev jewi wuodi opqav epf dufi xjomi zua xetj vji xopfuxt. Siwoix ov fasoph mapdj csiel us cigusi fsowoph vu vji piyv datvunis. Ovisevi. Vjip qsunqv e capdj nusi. Sinuvi duppidv cedl vu e meqvuq ev vji juati og zua jewi vu tu zua dep wuodi opqav vu zuas OFI.

Cetif up zuas qutvt, ov't puv dmies xjev ottai zua esi vszoph vu uwisduni. Ot ov vji opduni? Gsiioph zuas voni gsun xetjoph xopfuxt? Puv mowoph xovj 8 onnohsepv nip? Meapdjoph e nekus tvesvaq? Zua veml ecuav nupiz epf piifoph $1600/nu vu taswowi cav vjip tez zua esi csophoph op $5l/nu. Qsivvz dupgatif jisi.
 
O'mm piif 1600$/nu gus iwisz nupvj op vji piyv 12 nupvjt et O xomm jewi nz fihsii. Cav xusloph gamm-voni, O hiv 5-6l/nu, ettanoph tnuuvj teomoph.
ov't edvaemmz mitt vjep 5-6l et O'wi tqipv ev mietv 1.5l op vji metv nupvj ug iraoqnipv/eft... cav epzxez, vjev't ug movvmi onqusvepdi pux.
 
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