Week 1 at Stanford has been amazing so far. Met new people, fountain hoped (stanny’s tradition where you jump into water fountains on campus), got tanned in the california sun and pushed myself to keep dreaming big.
If you’re ever planning to be here, I 100% recommend taking ME 344 with Steve Jones. We are learning to assemble and install a computer node from scratch :))
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Looking back into Stanford’s history, the founders - Jane and Leeland Stanford wanted to build something that would help humanity move forward. An institution for learning, a place to bring people together. I let history inspire me as I try to instill the same values into LifeWire. I’ve heard a lot of people telling me how this is the dotcom era for AI and how this is both the best and the worst time to build a company in AI. This makes me think about the trends of human rat race alot. From a non-pessimestic perspective, it’s fascinating how we like to absolutely dive deep into a field until it saturates and the “bubble” bursts. Future is highly undeterministic and I strongly believe in pursuing what excites us in the moment (ofc be responsible about it).
We have received primary feedback from more than 70 potential users and secondary feedback from more than 120. We have 15 people signed up for our closed beta launch on August 1st. Sign ups still open at - https://www.lifewire.live.
What can you expect from this version? Great question.
Experience what it’s like to work in a virtually simulated office space where you can complete day-to-day tasks for your desired roles at your dream company.
Access documentations for software engineering, high performance computing, AI/ML engineering, aerospace engineering, etc. written and tested by experts in these fields.
Form teams and work on projects in a co-working environment.
We spent hours thinking about features that can help people find out their true ambition. Guess what? It doesn’t work that way. Ambition can be really personal and changes with every individual. What we can do instead is to provide them with a platform that helps them get started and try new things.
"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle.
Steve Jobs
Yeah I know, I clearly love this speech so much. I want people to be as concerned about being happy doing what they do as they are about looking for their perfect partner. Life’s too short to not do something epic.
Resources:
Y Combinator’s applications for Winter 2024 are now open!! Go apply. Who knows, you might get lucky :))
Check out https://www.jobyaviation.com if you are excited to see the future of air travel. I recently visited their headquarters with a friend who works their and trust me, they are living in the future.
A popular but important read - https://www.amazon.com/Start-Why-Leaders-Inspire-Everyone/dp/1591846447