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Become a full stack human. skim research papers. read old novels. get jacked. meditate. party. savour the rational and the irrational. learn computer science, philosophy & human behaviour. accumulate wealth, only to discover its true meaning. find brothers.
life worth living.
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bought a macbook with my freelance money 🎉
all set for stanford!
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the urge to abandon the world and settle in a place like this.
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I'm going on a full stack development challenge.
I have exactly 75 days before heading to stanford. the goal is simple - ship a project every 10 days.
goal is to improve programming and product growth skills.
wish me luck :)
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i started learning to code only a month back.
but i don’t think i wanna go the ML route anymore.
i want to learn front-end and build products. it fits better in the long-term vision of creating things people love to use.
thoughts?
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met more people in two months on twitter than my entire life.
right from founders running billion dollar companies to the most cracked 17-18 year olds.
this is an awesome app. makes your luck surface area massive.
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started working with a founder who sold his company for $175 million.
twitter gives insane opportunities. 🎉
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I got into Stanford CS as an international student with financial aid.
If you are planning on applying, here are a few insights from my application process:
1. Don't be yourself: This is the most BS advice online. Every university wants a certain type of student, and you need
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this is the future.
spend a year milking the basics. understand how code works. do the grunt work. write as much code as you can.
once you have high-level understanding, you’ll be 10x better at instructing LLMs and 100x more productive.
best time to start coding!
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All Indians should think about this 🇮🇳
every hyper-ambitious indian I know wants to be in the US. if this continues, we will be stuck in a perpetual loop of "catching up to the west".
we still lack the environment for zero to one innovation.
we were enraged when Sam Altman
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1. fuck all norms. build a bootstrapped cash-flow business. move to bali with your brothers and a few hawaiian shirts.
2. raise funding. go all in on a deep-tech problem. move to sf with a mattress. fuck every other life goal.
that's the only two paths anon.
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books that actually taught me something:
• zero to one
• rich dad poor dad
• almanack of naval ravikant
• factfulness by hans rosling
• elon musk by walter isaacson
• principles by ray dalio
others were a waste of time. what would you add?
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I got into Stanford at 17 y/o with scholarship.
this is a list of all my insights on the college process:
1. Don't believe the internet: you don't need perfect test scores or an insane startup to get into elite universities. colleges want someone who made the best use of
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got a $600 grant for the product I am working on with a friend! 🎉
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choosing where you live is the single most important decision you can make in your late teens and 20s. period.
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whenever I don’t feel like working:
I think of my mom, future wife and daughter.
doing it for them.
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perplexity proves that if you build a badass product, you don’t need marketing.
i’ve recommended it to >100 people so far.
chad consumer apps convert their users into their sales & marketing team.
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i was non-technical for 2 years and regret it.
in just 10 days of the full stack challenge, i have gotten so much more clarity on how products actually work.
just learn. LLMs may do the grunt work in the future, but you need to do it today to instruct them better tomorrow.
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think less. act more. thinking only reorganises data. action generates data.
you need more mistakes. more lessons. more experience.
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at the end of it all, people matter the most.
my goal is not success. or money. or fame. it has always been family. brothers. people that make life worth it.
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full stack challenge - day 1
> did networking & HTML fundamentals
> CSS : properties, buttons, display
> built an apple website clone (basic)
lesson: understanding videos at 2x is a superpower. almost like an extra few hours every day.
great progress for day one :)
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i shift between two modes...
1 — hungry. ambitious. wants to work 18 hours a day. conquer the world. win and disrupt. be a obsessed maniac.
2 — find a cabin in the himalayas. read a few books. watch the bees. take long walks. live life in silence.
is it just me?
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locked in for the past week.
> learning to code in morning.
> content for clients in evening.
> working on a product late nights.
when you see what other 17 year olds are doing — you just wanna keep pushing.
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college starts in a month. things are starting to feel real.
when i actually think about all of this, i am still amazed. grateful to every experience that has led me here. ❤️
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I really thought life would be chill after getting into stanford.
but tbh, I feel more hungry to grow now than ever before. ig that's how life works.
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used cursor AI today.
I started coding only a few weeks back. what would take an hour to build was done in 45 seconds.
> learn the basics of CS
> learn how to write prompts
you can write 10x better code at 100x productivity with AI. no better time to learn & build.
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I just wanna travel the world for a year.
ideally early 20s — after reaching a consistent MRR. a backpack. europe. asia. south america.
pretty sure could make that the best year of my life!
wild dreams man, but gotta work for them.
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hot take — STOP READING NEWS!
The blitzkrieg of information is of no use. You don't have to have an opinion on everything.
Politics is a game, clever people play it and fools discuss it all day long ~ OSHO.
Skip the news, social media, geopolitics, wars, riots, trends and
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being the smart kid in school is a curse.
it is much better to be an average student who has to work hard. intelligence in school rarely translate to real world. but developing a work ethic does.
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think less. act more. action generates information. thinking can only reorganise it.
You need more data. more mistakes. more experience. more get the shit done attitude.
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being on a student visa in the US can be annoying.
you don't get to work without authorisation. you have restrictions on how much you can work. it is almost impossible to start a company.
plus, I'll not be 18 until one more year 😭
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> code
> code
> code
> sell what you code
> spend rest of your life in the mountains
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started marketing role at a NYC based tech startup.
also launching an open-source product with
@saviomartin7
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excited for this month! 🥳
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full stack challenge - day 2
> learnt new CSS topics like positions, z-indices, flex
> built this youtube clone. lots of trial-and-error for making it responsive.
for next 8 days -- practice CSS and design a new personal website!
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full stack challenge - day 0
objectives for next 10 days:
> milk HTML + CSS basics
> build a static website
> learn javascript for interactivity
> ship a dynamic website (yet to finalise idea)
will post daily updates for accountability. open to suggestions. LFG
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Someone recently said there is no point in learning computer science with AI coming.
Here is my response as a Stanford CS undergrad...
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they didn't create companies, they created future.
they are great at reimagining what is possible. they read and learn. they become obsessed with something. they see the hidden patterns. a vision of the future that others can't.
then -- they make that vision happen.
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locked in for two weeks now!
> product coming along well
> have become decent with front end dev
> focus now on backend and LLM APIs
pushing myself now. will take a short break once I reach stanford to make friends/get used to college.
and then grind again.
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just read the almanack of naval ravikant. every line in there could be a book in itself.
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be dumb - it's a rare skill in a world full of smart people doubting themselves.
drop your ego. no one is the perfect beginner. you gotta make mistakes. you have to suck.
inaction holds more people back than incompetence ever could. just do shit.
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finally got the personal website to rank first when someone searches my name!
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you don't need a clear path. only a clear direction.
know just enough to get started. you'll figure out the rest as you go.
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hot take — you should not become a founder for the sake of it.
I’ve heard many people say their goal is to “become an entrepreneur ” — but i think that is the wrong approach.
the goal should be to build a product/service that adds value. don’t start with the intentional tag
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the growth on twitter made me addicted to clout. was spending too much time tracking impressions and likes.
self-reminder: you have to build cool shit. not say cool things. put your head down and work.
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I have done marketing and content roles at startups before. but I knew that wasn't enough...
this is why i picked up coding a month back. not an expert yet, but have added a lot to my skill set.
having a combo of technical + non-technical skills, always helps!
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important lesson i learnt:
if you are a beginner -- people really don't care. stop thinking about their opinions. until your first 10K followers/users/dollars -- no one gives a fuck. this is the perfect time to make mistakes and figure things out.
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full stack challenge - day 3 & 4
> built more clone websites with CSS
> revised grids, flexes and media queries
> checked out figma. learnt about tools and features.
question for devs -- should I learn figma alongside tailwind?
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full stack challenge - day 5 & 6
> got a better hang of macOS
> practiced placing images with CSS and making 'em responsive in grid layouts
> watched a few figma tutorials and built a basic personal page
will start with tailwind + JavaScript in a few days!
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Watching other 16 and 17 year olds do so much on the internet makes me wonder if I am doing enough.
If you ever feel the same way, keep these two thoughts in mind:
1) The internet highlights the extremes: For every person who founded a successful company, there are thousands
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plans always change.
the past few days taught me that changing trajectory is part of the process.
the best roadmap is the one you make as you go.
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a shitty product with good distribution wins.
a good product with shitty distribution looses.
build twitter following. network with influencers. you need more eyeballs anon.
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full stack challenge - day 8
not happy with progress today. realised i just procrastinated looking at tutorials.
struggling a bit with responsiveness. will try and do some specific exercises and then move on to tailwind.
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the goal is to understand the fundamentals of product building. Front-end, back-end, APIs
and then circle back to ML and learn how to apply those skills to fine tune models and integrate into your products.
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I got into Stanford as a 17 year old from India.
This is a list of all my insights on the college process. I'll also share my own stats in the end...
1. Don't believe the internet: You don't need perfect test scores or an insane startup to get into elite universities. Colleges
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scoring 1560 in the SAT taught me an interesting thing about standardized tests.
they are really not about intelligence. they are more about analysis. i never practiced questions or read theory. all i did was look at sample questions and understand them.
for every question, i
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full stack challenge - day 9
> finally started with JavaScript!
> learnt about functions, objects and DOM
> built this Rock Paper Scissors game with all the concepts learnt today!
will try building more stuff over the coming days!
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I got into Stanford CS as an international student with financial aid.
Here are resources helpful for your college application that most people don't even know exist...
1. The Common Data Set: This is an annual document every college is mandated to release. It contains data
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full stack challenge - day 12 & 13
started working with a super successful founder for a marketing role. spent these few days understanding the work and attending calls.
will resume learning soon.
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This is Pavel Durov. He is the founder of telegram with a net worth of 15 billion dollars.
• Built the largest social media in Russia
• Left Russia & scaled telegram to ~1B users
• Is ripped
Here is his story...
Pavel was born in Russia, but spent most of his childhood
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full stack challenge - day 10 & 11
> more practice of DOM
> dived deeper into JSON and local-storage
building simple projects with functionalities. done with to-do list, couple games, e-com checkout.
happy with progress, will start tailwind in parallel soon :)
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I have been writing on twitter for 20 days. I did a million views in the first week. I thought I had hacked the algorithm. Things should be easy after this.
I was wrong. Engagement fell after that, I wasn't racking insane amount of views. For the past week, I thought I was doing
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I was reading the Elon Musk biography. It contains this engineering algorithm he developed for his companies which is quiet interesting...
The goal is simple, make manufacturing effective. Here's the algorithm:
1. Make Requirements less dumb: You need to know the name of the
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I feel so grateful to the Indian Education system when doing ML maths…
it does do a good job of etching the basics in your mind.
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this is incredibly true.
most challenges are a way of the universe to determine how badly you want (and deserve) something
the degree of success of anything you do in life is directly proportional only to how bad you want it
everything else is skill issue
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full stack challenge - day 7
no coding today. had to do some paperwork for the US.
got on calls with a few developers to understand their coding journey and get suggestions.
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i complete one month on twitter today.
i never thought i would meet so many awesome people. thank you so much for all the love and support, means the world to me. ❤️
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got this really important advice. I was truly single-minded with my approach, need to try and learn from all angles.
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will be starting with simple stuff to cement the basics. you could see some common beginner projects.
but overtime, goal is to work on unique ideas. something that could possible scale.
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every few months, i sit down and write my version of the future.
just a notion doc with what i think will happen in the next 10, 20, 100 years. i try and speculate what milestones will define human innovation.
and then i align my present actions with this vision. lotta alpha.
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it is human wisdom from over a millenia distilled into one book.
@naval
is the marcus aurelius of the 21st century.
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will be sharing progress report everyday. including resources and insights that help me.
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you'll never regret investing in experiences.
i think young people should hop on more calls and flights. talk to people. see how cultures work.
kinda biased cuz i'm an army brat, but travel is the best teacher!
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success is being around the right kinda people.
Do this simple experiment -- For one month, keep a record of the people you listen to. Not just peers, but people on the internet via videos and tweets.
This data predicts your future better than university grades or a
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Shared all my insights on this podcast, go check it out!
I just did a podcast w/
@aadityabuilds
breaking down his obsession with building and Stanford application!
50 minutes of packed value from an extremely young, talented, and driven individual.
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