Millionaire at 23 - AMA

[Ramanujan]

On 9/18/2025 at 10:02 PM, Joshe said:

True, I noticed that as well. 

It helps to have no other option. When I was trying to break into freelancing web dev stuff, I'd put in 12-16 hours a day, because I had to. I wasn't going back to being controlled by a boss. For me, it was either make it work or become a failure, homeless, or sponge off my parents, and my ego wouldn't allow that. There was no other option but to work all day. There was a neurotic element to it tbh. 

When failure isn’t an option, the brain stops wasting energy on alternatives. All your choices get collapsed into "do the work". This brings a clarity that removes friction, which can make 14-hour days feel relatively effortless. 

Certain configurations of mind have certain energetic impacts than can make working 14 hours a day feel like nothing or feel like a living hell.

yeah. but sooner or later you will burn out. this approach can work for a small amount of time before burn out

[bazera]

@Ero Congrats man!

I'm in software development, but not doing ambitious things (at least by my standards), I mainly do front-end for companies for the last couple years, the pay is good and I haven't really tried anything else.

If I wanted to go towards entrepreneurship and working on a business, what field would you recommend? "AI" is such a buzzword today, but what would you say are it's usage in business world as of today that we can leverage as creators?

Also, how would you compare working 9-5 (if you even have) to working on your business, effort-wise and also how fulfilled are you?