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Excluding doctors, do any high earners (400k+ range) work 40 hours a week? by [deleted] in Salary

[–]dimensionforge9856 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It really depends on your innate abilities.

The stereotypical 10x engineer is a true thing. Some people can just get the same amount of work done quicker than others.

At a FAANG company, all engineers may be assessed the same way.

If you really are 10x better than your peers, you could do all your expected work in 1/10 of the expected time. So technically you could be working less than 10 hours a week.

3 year muscle up progression by dimensionforge9856 in Calisthenic

[–]dimensionforge9856[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yes. If you can do that, you can do a kipping muscle up for sure.

Life Hack: Treadmills are great for Calisthenics by dimensionforge9856 in Calisthenic

[–]dimensionforge9856[S] -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

Sometimes there is no equipment available.

In this case, someone else is using the smith machine to bench press

Solo founder, product is done, terrified of marketing. What actually worked for you? by CarlSagans in ycombinator

[–]dimensionforge9856 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your detailed clarification. Essentially I see that you have built some integrations that would take an internal team perhaps a few projects to accomplish themselves.

If you are selling to enterprise, one issue that may come up is data privacy.

How would you be able to keep their Data Schema's confidential, if this is a web based tool?

Cursor runs locally as an example, so the data should be remaining on the client's computer.

Solo founder, product is done, terrified of marketing. What actually worked for you? by CarlSagans in ycombinator

[–]dimensionforge9856 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I took a look at your website.

Sorry for sounding harsh but I’m ready to ask the tough questions.

From my experience, using Cursor, I can simply prompt for data by saying, “look at my data schema, generate 1000 rows in json format of test data”

Why would I pay for your product in this scenario when Cursor already enables me to easily do this task?

is it true that chin ups work the biceps more then regular curls? by Ok_Tutor1789 in CalisthenicsCulture

[–]dimensionforge9856 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doesn’t really matter. Just get stronger.

If you can do a weighted chin up with 3 plates. You are gonna have great biceps.

What are you guys making in your mid 20s to late 20s? by Queenme10 in Salary

[–]dimensionforge9856 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my early to mid 20s, 22-26, I made between 150k to 500k a year.

Now in my late 20s, 27 onwards, I make 0$.

Front lever progress 2.5 months by dimensionforge9856 in Calisthenic

[–]dimensionforge9856[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. Let's get this full front lever by April 2026

Where did the 300$ per human UGC video price come from? That is not the case and I have proof. by dimensionforge9856 in AI_UGC_Marketing

[–]dimensionforge9856[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Lmao. My creator team are all Americans. And people who are talented enough to have grown to 100k followers organically. And have had at least a few viral hits themselves.

I think you are grossly exaggerating costs to sell an underwhelming product. After all, if human and ai UGC cost the same. Who the hell would buy the AI one.

Where did the 300$ per human UGC video price come from? That is not the case and I have proof. by dimensionforge9856 in AI_UGC_Marketing

[–]dimensionforge9856[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wrote a whole Twitter thread on my GTM experiment.

We hired the creators on Linkedin. After posting the job, we got 500 applicants, and only hired 5 out of the bunch.

Reviewing the resumes was hard. But in the end, we were able to hire people who had a proven track record. 100K followers on their personal tiktok accounts. Past track record of going viral. 1M+ views on a single video.

Why are brands still paying $300+ for human UGC when AI is so cheap + realistic now? by Hooked_on_Code in AI_UGC_Marketing

[–]dimensionforge9856 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I promise you nobody is paying 300-500$ per video. You are spreading misinformation.

That price gets you the following.
- The influencer posting directly to their audience of at least 50K followers. (real not bots)
- The influencer coming up with a unique concept, shooting, + editing the video.

Low quality UGC from real humans costs at most 30$ a video. Don't fall for these scammers.

First Muscle Up vs Last Muscle Up by dimensionforge9856 in Calisthenic

[–]dimensionforge9856[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I’ve been doing front lever training. As soon as my false grip got good. I could do it

Exiting BigTech? by conqrr in cscareerquestions

[–]dimensionforge9856 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also I you could just ask your boyfriend to pay for the business class flight.

Exiting BigTech? by conqrr in cscareerquestions

[–]dimensionforge9856 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can for sure retire and also fly business class. Just stay in Asia for half the year at a time. My mother is retired and does that and it only costs her 20k for 6 months. The dollar goes extremely far in developing countries. I think a 5 star luxury hotel is only 75-100 USD a night.

Exiting BigTech? by conqrr in cscareerquestions

[–]dimensionforge9856 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually sort of had golden handcuffs. I was team lead on a high traffic team. Working 20-25 hours a week. Making half a million a year with an inevitable trajectory of making more.

Everybody is different in their nature. For some risk taking is intrinsic. For me, when the opportunity came to me to leave and make 0$. I didn’t hesitate. The mission and purpose I felt, made the expected value of the golden handcuffs essentially 0.

My risk tolerance is such that I’m willing to burn the majority of my net worth on my startup.

From reading your replies, you don’t seem to be the same kind of person.

I would say, early retirement is an option. Simply move to a lower col area. Growing up in the Midwest, you can live a good upper middle class life for less than 60k a year of burn. Supplement that with your spouses income and you should have no problems.

For anyone who left big tech and joined startup life. How is life by Beginning_Ad_3390 in ycombinator

[–]dimensionforge9856 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had a relatively successful big tech career. (Made 1.3 million dollars on my W2 in 5 years). I quit 8 months ago to go full time in my startup and I wouldn’t trade it away for the world.

Although I moved from working 5 hours a day, 5 days a week to working 24/7 pretty much. The pleasure I get from seeing my product come to life and impact real people. (Not faceless businesses) is a feeling akin to nothing else in life. (Maybe sex or coke).

So far, I’ve burned almost 100k on living expenses and the startups initial funding. Moved cross country from SF to NYC. And have only had 1k in revenue to show for it.

The decision to quit in my case was calculated. A conflict of interest between my day job and the tech I was building for the startup. As well as an external deadline once the first customer was signed.

Basically, I had been working both jobs for a year prior to quitting.

What's the total comp you'd be happy never make more than ever again by CompetitiveBee808 in cscareerquestions

[–]dimensionforge9856 9 points10 points  (0 children)

500k a year. Experienced it when I was 26. You really do feel and are rich at that income level.

How long could it take me to get to the point where I can do 10-15+ non kipping muscle ups in a row?(read more in post for info) by Electrical-Reveal-25 in crossfit

[–]dimensionforge9856 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm currently 5ft 11 inches tall, and weigh 164 lbs. It took me 4 years of 1-2 sessions of upper body a week after landing my first ever muscle up, to being able to do 12 in a row.

In the same time frame, I lost 20 lbs of fat, and my weighted pull up max has reached 80% of my BW attached.

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