Digital grind

Well said that's what I belief.

Income = Skill × Demand × Visibility × Consistency

Skill → how good you are
Demand → do people need it right now?
Visibility → can people find you?
Consistency → do you keep showing up and improving?

We all make big plans for summer… it feels like there’s unlimited time and everything will somehow get done.
But let’s be honest trying to do too much just drains your energy.

Focus on 1 thing at a time.

That’s how you actually make progress. Otherwise, the output won’t be good.

Deleting all those fkn slides and materials...

Exam is Done.
The semester is Over.
Life is good.

Everyone Let's Lock-in from now on. 💪

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Good Night ❤

Today, my freshman sister got a 0/20 on an assignment just because it showed some “AI percentage.”
I don't even believe in AI detector stuffs Wtf is it 😁.

I still don’t get why people hate on anything AI-generated just for the sake of it.

You wrote this with AI bla bla... it’s slop.”

Why does that even matter ?
The only thing that should matter is the value you get from it. If you think something is low quality, fine then don’t consume it. But dismissing it just because AI was involved doesn’t make sense.

If you choose a path that’s different from your circle, don’t expect everyone to understand or support you.

Some of your friends might doubt you. Sometimes, you’ll even doubt yourself. That’s part of the process.
Don’t feel ashamed of what you’re building. You don’t need social validation to chase something meaningful.

I’ve seen this closely friends of mine trying to build something bigger than their environment, aiming for international impact through content, online businesses, and whatever small resources they have. They don’t have everything figured out, but they keep going. They keep trying.
So yeah… be a little delusional. Block out the noise. Ignore the doubts both yours and theirs.
Then let’s see what happens.

Have a great Day❤️
@Digital_grind

I saw this quote somewhere:

Career growth in tech is not due to luck but strategy

It helps a lot to be strategic about where to build expertise on, leveraging your strengths and experience. Also instead of learning everything, it is better learn few at depth and a lot of it at varying degrees of breadth. What gets applied to day-to-day work is only few of what you know. Formal Job descriptions set the bar too high. Best way to know where to invest one's learning is by talking to people and networking. Networking is the best guide to strategic thinking in tech.

Some people are addicted to looking smart.

You’ll hear them listing everything: Python, Java, AI, ML, Full Stack , UI Design …
Like it’s a competition.
Meanwhile you’re just there thinking: I’m still figuring things out… am I behind?”
I used to feel that too.
But here’s what I realized:
People who are actually good don’t talk that much.
They’re busy building.
The loud ones? Most of the time they’re just performing.
They know how to sound smart, not how to be smart.

Focus on becoming better, not looking better.

because at the end of the day, builders grow… but performers fade.

#Storytime

I think obsession is what really matters.

These days everything I do studying, learning, practicing ..it all feels like something I have to do.
I finish a task and immediately think about rewarding myself, hanging out, scrolling, anything… and after that moment I don’t even look back. In short, I’m not obsessed anymore.

But I remember back in high school, Grade 10 and 11, bro I was DIFFERENT.
I was obsessed with electronics (specially Transistors 😄), electricity, physics… DIY projects , Arduino ( My friend had the UNO R3 board )
I didn’t even realize it at the time, I just loved it. I did more than 20 experiments in one year in the lab with my instructor, writing reports carefully and actually enjoying the process.
We didn’t even have WiFi at home at that time ( at 2022 ) but later we had , I used to stand at my neighbor’s door with my Huawei phone 😭 downloading like 20, 30, even 50 YouTube videos at once.

And the craziest part ? Believe it or not.. I would watch the same playlist more than 10 times, not because I had to but because it made me happy, curious, alive.
Then Grade 12 came, EUEE pressure hit, slowly that obsession disappeared. After that I joined AAU and everything became about grades.
Since then I still like doing things, but that deep curiosity, that hunger, that obsession… it’s gone.

Now I code, learn and build projects, and I even have really big plans and ambitions ahead… but the question is still there...

how can I be obsessed again with something important ?

Today years old when I found out that BeU Delivery is backed by Y Combinator and got accepted in 2022 😲

Crazy to think something we use locally is connected to one of the biggest startup accelerators in the world.

My summer plan is actually crazy… feels like I’m rebuilding the universe from scratch 😭
We will see how far I can push it 🙌