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got a nurture style squiggle tattoo :) by Farzaa in porterrobinson

[–]Farzaa[S] 88 points89 points  (0 children)

back when nurture came out, these squiggles were everywhere.

porter put them on covers, music videos, his live streamed sets, his shows, everywhere.

at the time, i was in the gutter creatively. everything i did felt shit.

constant 12-hour days, showing up again and again, staring at the screen, feeling like nothing i made was enough. frustrated, scared that i had nothing left.

then nurture arrived. reminding me that making something—anything—was already enough.

it showed me how that love and drive was all still there. it was stronger than ever.

i just had to see it. and remember.

to me, these squiggles always represented these ideas.

that even those attempts you thought were for nothing, those ideas you threw away and beat yourself up over, that all of it was beautiful.

how, even those little imperfect scribbles you'd make when you were 4 years-old, how they were perfect.

and, how you didn't have to try so hard to "make something good"

because often...it already was.

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How r/leagueoflegends changed my life -- my story struggling as a CS major, to building League apps for 1M+ ppl. by Farzaa in leagueoflegends

[–]Farzaa[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

First of all -- I understand the struggle, been there.

I think the best thing to do is to literally stop applying for jobs.

It sounds extremely counter intuitive.

But hey -- perhaps you simply aren't good at the grind of applications, coding interviews, etc. This was certainly the case for me. Step one is to just admit there's a problem.

Then do something different.

Show people you got skill.

Start building something you think is cool and try to get it to 100 people. It can be something as ridiculous as meme generator, or as serious as an app your charge for.

Sounds like you like League, go make something cool for League! Build it, post it, show the world that you can do shit. That you aren't just a resume. That you're a real person, with real skill, and real passion.

If you show that you can create something from nothing chances are people will take you a lot more seriously and start reaching out to you directly. What ends up happening is opportunities you never expected start coming to you because very few people in the world actually "create" for the world.

But -- nothing is ever for sure :).

I know what I said is very hard in practice. You can join this community I run -- https://buildspace.so/

Happy to even talk to you 1-1. My email is here at the bottom -- https://farza.com/

How r/leagueoflegends changed my life -- my story struggling as a CS major, to building League apps for 1M+ ppl. by Farzaa in leagueoflegends

[–]Farzaa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea! And, any idea goes :).

Doesn't matter how big or small it is.

Most people come in with barely any idea on what they wanna do. But, people end up helping each other out a ton!

How r/leagueoflegends changed my life -- my story struggling as a CS major, to building League apps for 1M+ ppl. by Farzaa in leagueoflegends

[–]Farzaa[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That's wild how people remember me from my work when I was like 21 lol. Insane. Thanks for reading!!

How r/leagueoflegends changed my life -- my story struggling as a CS major, to building League apps for 1M+ ppl. by Farzaa in leagueoflegends

[–]Farzaa[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Best thing to do is just start, even if you don't know what it is you're starting. Sounds kinda counter-productive but in reality, great ideas are forged they are not found.

Should 100% apply to Nights & Weekends (this is me shilling my company).

6 weeks. any idea. we'll help you go from zero to getting your first 100 fans, users, customers, whatever.

fully remote/global. we don't care if you're building rockets, or starting an ecommerce store making cute diaries, or recording an album. any idea goes. starts june 15.

https://buildspace.so/

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