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My first job after a lackluster Minor League career was working for a dude worth a hundred million dollars
At 23 years old he flew me around in private jets and explained how the world worked
He was a conspiracy theorist
My first job after a lackluster Minor League career was working for a dude worth a hundred million dollars
At 23 years old he flew me around in private jets and explained how the world worked
He was a conspiracy theorist
He believed corporations, particularly banks, controlled governments, and that the news was fake
This was 2010
I met him in LA and he looked at me while driving
His pupils were the size of pinheads
Without emotion, he said “You’re gonna see tent cities everywhere.”
This was 2010
I met him in LA and he looked at me while driving
His pupils were the size of pinheads
Without emotion, he said “You’re gonna see tent cities everywhere.”
I thought he was crazy
But I knew he had the financial success I wanted so I listened
Working for him, I researched why wars really happened (frequently to appease Wall Street & the ownership class)
That everything I learned in school was a lie
But I knew he had the financial success I wanted so I listened
Working for him, I researched why wars really happened (frequently to appease Wall Street & the ownership class)
That everything I learned in school was a lie
I moved to Hong Kong for the job & saw wealth inequality I had never seen before
Ferraris were as common there as BMWs were here
Right next to $600K Maybachs, you’d see people pushing baskets up the street for a few $ per hour
Many lived in cages, stuck in a cycle of poverty
Ferraris were as common there as BMWs were here
Right next to $600K Maybachs, you’d see people pushing baskets up the street for a few $ per hour
Many lived in cages, stuck in a cycle of poverty
In HK, minimum wage was only recently inacted and unionization was illegal
All while a cartel controlled real estate in the most expensive market in the world
Some families were so poor, they would abandon kids with any physical deformity
They needed kids to take care of them
All while a cartel controlled real estate in the most expensive market in the world
Some families were so poor, they would abandon kids with any physical deformity
They needed kids to take care of them
The abandoned kids would lie on the street, sometimes limbless begging for money
On the same block as Louis Vuitton shops
Struggling to mKe sense of this inequality, I eventually determined it was due to “differing rules of trade”
On the same block as Louis Vuitton shops
Struggling to mKe sense of this inequality, I eventually determined it was due to “differing rules of trade”
Then I asked myself, is the US likely to become closer to or further from Hong Kong in wealth inequality
I believed closer
We also believed the Fed would keep interest rates low forever as a subsidy to bankrupt banks
This meant speculative assets would explode in valuation
I believed closer
We also believed the Fed would keep interest rates low forever as a subsidy to bankrupt banks
This meant speculative assets would explode in valuation
So I thought this easy money policy would flood Silicon Valley with capital
I moved back hoping to make money with the wind at my back
Wearing my custom tailored suit from HK, I basicallly elevator pitched my way into a sales job at Google
I moved back hoping to make money with the wind at my back
Wearing my custom tailored suit from HK, I basicallly elevator pitched my way into a sales job at Google
Every year there, my income rose as the stock price climbed
I was making 6 figures and the company skewed Libertarian
But times they were a changin
Identity politics was coming en vogue and many principals that the company was founded on were becoming abandoned
I was making 6 figures and the company skewed Libertarian
But times they were a changin
Identity politics was coming en vogue and many principals that the company was founded on were becoming abandoned
When Trump was elected the office felt like a morgue
Our team meeting the Wednesday after was repurposed to discuss everyone’s feelings
By 2017 they fired @JamesADamore for writing a memo that basically restated the couple hundred hours of @jordanbpeterson vids I saw that year
Our team meeting the Wednesday after was repurposed to discuss everyone’s feelings
By 2017 they fired @JamesADamore for writing a memo that basically restated the couple hundred hours of @jordanbpeterson vids I saw that year
This was also the year crypto became mainstream
While I didn’t fet into crypto “early” I understood the narrative
I understood that trust in dishonest institutions was waning
I saw crypto as a new path
So I quit my 6 figure job @ Google in March, 2018 without another lined up
While I didn’t fet into crypto “early” I understood the narrative
I understood that trust in dishonest institutions was waning
I saw crypto as a new path
So I quit my 6 figure job @ Google in March, 2018 without another lined up
My friend from Hong Kong @liujackc had been in the space for years
He was the Chief Strategy Officer at @OKCoin
After moving on to have more time for his own projects, he introduced me to his former colleagues who needed someone to lead business development
He was the Chief Strategy Officer at @OKCoin
After moving on to have more time for his own projects, he introduced me to his former colleagues who needed someone to lead business development
Seemed like a great fit
Except 2018 was a tough year for crypto markets. They lost 80% of their value from 2017 highs
But we still believed
Still believed the mathematical inevitability of a currency crisis
So we stuck it out
And here we are today, with BTC crossing $10K
Except 2018 was a tough year for crypto markets. They lost 80% of their value from 2017 highs
But we still believed
Still believed the mathematical inevitability of a currency crisis
So we stuck it out
And here we are today, with BTC crossing $10K
For those interestes, I wrote a longer form story in 2018 here: https://hackernoon.com/how-i-got-hired-by-google-why-i-left-and-why-i-chose-to-join-okcoin-7af99c1d9c4f
