whenever I see someone level up really fast, it’s usually one of three things:
1. confidence catches up to competency and they stop second-guessing
2. accepting who they actually are
3. environment switch to faster moving water
Jay
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- Our CEO said to me, should we get off of Ramp? They have that guy on twitter calling everyone retards with the Ramp badge. And that's our bank? Like are they a serious company, do we need a new one?
- All my smart friends are slowly and steadily showing up at OpenAI or anthropic. I guess this is how it felt 15 years ago at FB & Google
- VISA ISSUED!! I’M MOVING TO THE US! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
- It’s fucking insane how 30% of young adults literally take meth and we all just pretend this is functional and reasonable behaviour
- When I go to SF parties, everyone always asks me, "Jay, am I doomed to work on B2B saas for the rest of my life? How can I get a cool job like you and work on hardware that matters." I always have the same piece of advice. We are seeking a dynamic and versatile Business
- Imagine being at bell labs in the 50s-70s. You walk into some guys office and ask him what he’s building. “I’m trying to make a variable resistor… I call it a trans resistor…” “That’s fucking stupid” you say as you walk back to your office where you are inventing the laser. On
- I turned 25 this week. If I could say anything to my 18 year old self... take care of your wrists! Carpal tunnel took away everything I cared about... work, guitar, gooning, gaming... take care of urself!!
- Replying to @gabriel1haha. I’m mostly joking but this went accidentally viral it seems because other people also find this guy annoying. But if a financial services company fired a customer bcz that customer disagreed with their social media strategy… they’d actually be cooked
- Visa approved. I’m joining the coolest company in the entire world. Proud to be an American (again)! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
- If you are a young person who has drank the Web3 koolaid I am literally begging you to periodically revisit your beliefs on it
- Flashback to when I was 22 on a gap year after spending 4 years in B2B ai saas. I quit my job with no plan but was interested in chips, energy, manufacturing. The week I quit I met up with a VC friend of mine. He said “Jay, I’ve probably seen 50 people quit their jobs to explore
- Replying to @jayparth_Tweet got too popular and context was lost: - Meth = pejorative for prescription stimulants - 30% = 10% of adults overall, in the absence of clear stats, guessed about 30% of coastal youth - Tweet was not that serious - These things were relatively obvious to intended audience
