Juan Orbea
@juanorbea
A node in a network
Juan Orbea
One area that’s often underinvested in (e.g. lots of room to work in) while also being highly leveraged is growing the team around you. If you start dedicating even a couple hours a week to developing the team around you, it’s quite likely that will become your legacy long after your tech specs and pull requests are forgotten.
lethain.com • Work on What Matters.
Infopunk Issue #5 – Brain Bonds: Bridging Curiosity, Creativity, Investing, and Character Patterns
Juan Orbeaopen.substack.com
curiosity and
Most people like to think of themselves as good people. Most people in first world countries have the opportunity to have a tremendous impact on other people's lives. If you earn more than $35k per year, you are in the top 1% of earners worldwide. This puts you in a great position to do good.
Will MacAskill • Doing Good: A Conversation with William MacAskill (Episode #228)
He argues that a low entropy, or predictable and stable, carrier is required for the emergence of knowledge -- whether it be a fiber optic cable and communication, or a social system governed by the rule of law and economic innovation. Such a social system is not spontaneous, but rather developed through sacrifice and a religious order.
George Gilder • George Gilder on knowledge, power, and the economy
What kind of career or industry do alumni of this college typically work in? Here’s an example of how this works. My 23-year-old nephew went to Trinity College in Connecticut. Most of the students from that college end up working in finance in NYC or Boston. Guess what my nephew now does? He works in finance in Boston. He followed the least... See more
nfx.com • Your Life Is Driven by Network Effects
At the end of high school, most graduating seniors are given their diplomas with a heaping side of platitudes, many of them patently preposterous. Such as, “If you can dream it, you can do it.” Or “You can be anything you want to be.” And especially, “With grit and determination, there’s nothing you can’t do."
Education Next • First, Know Thyself. Then, Pick a Career Path
Sam states that, for him, AGI is basically the equivalent of a median human that you could hire as a coworker.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman | AI for the Next Era
Canva also makes money from Canva Marketplace and Canva Print. In the Canva Marketplace, Canva charges a fee for premium design usage when the user is not signed up for an Enterprise or Pro plan. For every sale, Canva provides 35% to the content creator, with the rest going to Canva after a payment processing fees.Canva is an excellent example of... See more