you don't need to "grind" in your 20s. you don't need to be "cracked" at low-level programming. you don't need to build a startup or "growth-hack" your tweets.
i think its far more important to genuinely care about what you're doing. there's no rush to figure this out.
evan
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- as the unemployed friend on a monday afternoon, i spent the past two months building a TPU without any prerequisite knowledge in digital logic, ASIC design, or verilog. here are my coolest unlocks so far:
- i honestly would pay a subscription to disable youtube shorts and instagram reels.
- why i despise tech culture: > frequency of premature announcements > young founder/wonderchild trope > romanticization of esoteric engineering fields > "selfies with niche internet microcelebs who seem visibly uncomfortable" > over-glorification of neurodiversity
- if you’re in your 20’s, invest in whiteboards. go into debt if you have to
- i remade tiny-tpu to support both inference and training! we successfully tested our architecture on the classic XOR problem. here's what i learned throughout the process:👇
00:00as the unemployed friend on a monday afternoon, i spent the past two months building a TPU without any prerequisite knowledge in digital logic, ASIC design, or verilog. here are my coolest unlocks so far: - I was challenged to make a chip to speed up transformers in 1 month with no prior experience. Here's my plan to make it happen — all suggestions are welcome! 1. Fundamentals - What are the essential building blocks of computers? > Circuit Physics & Transistors: Watch
- npm install girlfriend
- Replying to @evanliin> drop-out culture > "cut off your family, your girlfriend, and shippp" (please touch grass) > btw naval is not your god and please demonstrate some independent thought lol > "day 69420 of learning deep learning" (who's approval are you looking for???)
- reminder that you are NOT your twitter bio, your personal website, or your accomplishments.
- Replying to @evanliin> those who speak in binaries > horizontal transmission of values (young people circle-jerking themselves) > narrative that your startup needs to be your entire life RAHHH chug celcius > weird obsession with TC, IQ and misc. quantitative metrics to gauge respect for one another
- looking for something that feels genuinely inventive. maybe that's in AI research? maybe in bio or something in physics? whatever is the modern equivalent of bell labs. i'd love for someone to take a bet on me so i could work on something like this. honestly don't even know
- self-driving go-kart 💨 dms are open! let’s talk about autonomous vehicles 🚗 cc: @_buildspace @_nightsweekends
- looking for my next thing! thinking about dropping out. would love to learn more about opportunities within hardware acceleration or interpretability. dms are open. happy to chat. would love to hear what makes you excited!







