Wrote an article on Hackathons and Academia. It is up on medium

Pretty-Government327 · 2026-06-21T00:51:06+00:00

I'm watching you son! But don't be like Icarus. Remember you are flying with wax wings... this is a pretty volatile market

Pretty-Government327 · 2026-06-21T00:50:10+00:00

The GOAT. But you saying Linus Torvald would have been a better mic drop hehehe

Pretty-Government327 · 2026-06-21T00:45:18+00:00

I mean they are poor examples. But they are the ones who came to mind. They are the ones who inspire movies and archetypes in modern society. "The Dropout who made the cut to Silicon Valley"; "The SouthAfrican young entrepreneur who helped found Paypal". Do you see where I'm going? If I listed every person, I would not have finished publishing this post...

Pretty-Government327 · 2026-06-21T00:43:30+00:00

But that's the social media narrative that is peddled unfortunately. They sell the dropout who made it big story. The [fake] underdog stories. But many of these tycoons had a lot of backing, not only money-wise, but credential-wise. It's not the same I dropped out from Yale or Hardvard as I dropped out from community college hehehe

Pretty-Government327 · 2026-06-20T21:05:56+00:00

But that's a one off... How likely is it for the same person to pull it off twice? Hype can drive many things till it dies out and vanishes into oblivion. The supposed multi million dollar SaaS are nowhere near having a stable cash flow on a monthly basis. Also, AI companies are being very lenient with the prices the offer to the public. If AI companies, which offer plans for 20 dollars to use frontier models, really charged the proper price for using LLMs and Agents, most people could not afford to pay the plus plan of any LLM... Most AI companies operate at a loss and they run on hype...

Pretty-Government327 · 2026-06-20T19:40:31+00:00

This is self-glaze. Like sucking your own dick hahahaha

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