My journey into tech is nothing like anybody's I have ever heard of, it’s not just because I quit legal practice at 26 to pursue my passion as an Entrepreneur, it is the many layers underneath, the selling fake hacking services to make rent, the decade wasted away pursuing a degree I had no passion for, its not a large list but the lessons are timeless because, you can dream, but the most important lesson you’ll appreciate from my little piece is that you cannot THINK beyond your level of exposure/understanding.

This is usually a painful lesson because it becomes obvious in retrospect, it has become the biggest accelerator in my thought process, business and the reason I believe that my startup 4th Link is in a position to create significant global impact in the coming 5 years.

I found a note I’d written on the 23:02:2025, it made me think perhaps I’d like to have a little space on the internet where I write random pieces about my journey. I guess most people are drawn to tech for its lucrative financial incentives, but not me. I never felt like I was doing meaningful work as an Audio Engineer and especially not in my time as a Lawyer. I needed to find expression. What was once merely a childish obsession with details started to evolve into computational thinking and building solutions. I’m finally in my comfort zone, becoming a founder is hard, but there’s an undeniable thrill to this, and it is wayyyy less harder than dealing with the feeling of indirection in this fast-paced world. I’ve always lived passionately, so this is the only way I know how.

“…you cannot THINK beyond your level of exposure/understanding.”

My love for Mafia-themed novels made me audacious, or maybe the characters were audacious enough to make me feel seen, but becoming audacious or being so is not exposure, it may lead to understanding in time but itself is a weapon to be wielded for, or against yourself. I went both ways man lol. When I found Zero to One by Peter Thiel, it wasn’t just new information, it was putting words to things I couldn't express and after reading it maybe the 12th time, it became clear to me that a good book can save you up to 5 years of work, so when i found Good to Great by Jim Collins I knew I would be skipping many years of repetitive mistakes as an Entrepreneur building a startup. At 14 I started to buy and fix faulty smartphones to good conditiion and then resold them for a profit. I did not last in that line of trade because I felt that I constantly had to deal with too many corny people (I was against buying stolen phones-a hot stock) even though that built trust among my clientele, I did not have the aerial view I now do, so I got skeptical about things and quit. When I started to read great books, all my experiences gained meaning and translation. Today I can speak very concisely about industry, niche, market, positioning, hedgehog concept and more, but at 14 all I had were my instincts. I hope this drives home the message that you have no idea how important the things you do not know or take for granted are, and if there possibly could change your life forever. It has been an unruly journey, but with God going ahead of me maybe this story turns out to be something that becomes great and inspires you(maybe even your kids lol!).