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Small Bets for Engineers 💰 — with Daniel Vassallo (Small Bets)
Today's guest is Daniel Vassallo, the creator of the Small Bets community, which counts more than 5 ,000 members and includes engineers, entrepreneurs, and creators of all kinds.
Daniel is also a former software engineer at AWS, the author of The Good Parts of AWS and created a successful Twitter course.
With Daniel, we will talk about his unconventional journey in tech, the Small Bets philosophy, and advice for engineers about careers, site projects, technology and skills.
Here is what we talked about:
(01:11) Introduction & background
(05:21) Small Bets' genesis & philosophy
(14:36) Understanding the market
(19:36) Taking care of the downsides
(24:43) Improving your lifestyle first
(29:05) The dangers of labelling yourself
(32:10) Allocating your time
(37:13) Self-managing your own work
(45:34) Transitioning to a self-employed lifestyle
(52:21) The selection criteria for your ideas
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Today's guest is Daniel Vassallo, the creator of the Small Bets community, which counts more than 5 ,000 members and includes engineers, entrepreneurs, and creators of all kinds.
Daniel is also a former software engineer at AWS, the author of The Good Parts of AWS and created a successful Twitter course.
With Daniel, we will talk about his unconventional journey in tech, the Small Bets philosophy, and advice for engineers about careers, site projects, technology and skills.
Here is what we talked about:
(01:11) Introduction & background
(05:21) Small Bets' genesis & philosophy
(14:36) Understanding the market
(19:36) Taking care of the downsides
(24:43) Improving your lifestyle first
(29:05) The dangers of labelling yourself
(32:10) Allocating your time
(37:13) Self-managing your own work
(45:34) Transitioning to a self-employed lifestyle
(52:21) The selection criteria for your ideas
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You can also find this at:
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