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Just Jeff
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Just Jeff
@japarjam
Dad~Cancer Advocacy @lustgartenfdn ~GenX- Hardcore #Philly Sports Fan-contributor Cortex Global & The GET Initiative. AiBE
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Joined February 2012
A little @solanaturbine Teacher Appreciation post. Candidly - they are the ones who make the magic. Every day. @andrescorreia @bergabman @kwdila @resiquents @sturt_jack @marchedev @zen_llama @TimmyTwizz @beliveNsol @liamdig @irvinxyz @_dhruvsol @0xnaga In- Four years ago today I finished Chemo. I rang the bell. A year later I retired from the old world. Came here and have been reborn. Thank you all for helping me feel at home #Web3 @solana @solanaturbine
- Everyone on @solana should know who Aishat is. She is a fast rising researcher and integral part of the Turbin3 Research network. DM me if you are interested in her services. She is eliteDo you know that 100% of priority fees on Solana now goes to Validators? If you don't, watch this short video 👇👇
00:00 - 5 years ago today I had an 8.5 hour surgery called a Whipple to remove a tumor from the primary bile duct in my pancreas. When I awoke, after telling my sister I told her so that I’d be aight- I asked what I needed to do. They said to walk when I was ready. I was ready then. And
- To all those aspiring @solana_devs Pinocchians. Read this first. github.com/anza-xyz/pinoc… Note any concept you don’t know and go study it. Sys calls, sysvars, unsafe, zero copy, don’t proceed without understanding all these concepts. It will hurt you later. Then grab an
- 3 grads signed long term this week- average salary? 103k. Average experience on @solana 1.33 years. In common? All successfully completed @solanaturbine Builders + at least one Adv program. Good ethical builders, high character, hard working.
- That was 2/3 of the way through. Chemo sucked. But since then has been some of the best years. Still can’t feel the bottom of my feet and I lost hair on my legs that never grew back. But fk it- we ball.
- Five years. Five years ago I was told I had something called “excellent performance status”. Sounds great huh? Not quite. See after an 8.5 hour surgery to remove and reconstruct my gut, this status meant they could give me the strongest chemo possible and it probably wouldn’t
- 5-5 five years ago was my fifth chemo treatment. Mindset, attitude, faith- all integral in the face of any challenge. The lessons from those days impact me every day. I’m feeling great (still can’t feel the bottom of my feet- small price to pay to be on this side of the dirt)
