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Let’s go! I don’t know you but from what you describe I might be 2-5 years behind you, so you are the future me I’m chasing

I have a different set of interests, but being able to work in and for bitcoin is the ultimate ikigai kind of thing

I believe with POW you’ll add value, and this value will be compensated and you’ll be able to provide for your family in an honest way.

Keep it up

LFG 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

These decisions are the hardest at the moment and the easiest in hindsight. Let's go!

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Welcome 🤝

Going through something similar… returning to my old station today to work PT so i can spend more time on my Bitcoin / Nostr projects… it just kinda *happened*

It’s what we make of it. Sink or swim. 🏊🏼

The severance goes to Bitcoin.

You live below your means.

You enjoy more time with your family.

You hone the whole Bitcoin ikigai groove to perfection.

You remain on good terms with your SVP. There’s probably a Bitcoin consultancy gig with this company; in case this Bitcoin thing catches on.

I know it's not very cypherpunk, but as with Linux in the early 2000s the enterprise space is where the sustainable revenue for Nostr-tech using startups can be found (though not branded as Nostr), and it can be a good idea to focus there.

There is non-grant funding to be had, if the pitch is framed right, particularly in light of Google's A2A, MCP, NLWeb and such. My feeling is now would be a great time to get pre-seed funding and deploy something in that space that can start brining in meaningful revenue on a 24 month timescale.

All the podcasts and such save as a personal reward for when that machine is whirring along. Just my two sats.

🫂🚀

congrats on taking the leap!

I hope it works out for you. I can't offer any advice on building a sustainable living for your family through Bitcoin/nostr projects. Many of the people I know who do that have alternative incomes through real estate or they're living off their Bitcoin.

Hell ya, happy for you! 😊

Heck of a leap, rooting for ya💪🏽

I don’t have any ideas for you that you haven’t already voiced but what I do have for you are some sats! God speed on your journey !

It's tough to make the decision to cut a good job, but ultimately Maslow's hierarchy of needs means that at a certain point you have to prioritize personal growth over some (marginal) increase in economic security.

Cheers on a new chapter!

That sounds like a shit job. Run don't walk

NosFabrica: I've been thinking about this specifically in the context of some of the ideas from the #Alexandria folks like nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qguwaehxw309a6xsetrd96xzer9dshxummnw3erztnrdakj7qgmwaehxw309a6xsetxdaex2um59ehx7um5wgcjucm0d5hsqgxufnggdntuukccx2klflw3yyfgnzqd93lzjk7tpe5ycqdvaemuqcyp3qr7 on scientific publishing on Nostr. What would be really cool is to have something similar to R Markdown's "reproducible research" stuff where publications directly linked to research datasets that are all on Nostr.

How do you think about encoding data formats for Nostr? Is it just primitive types like "spreadsheet", "array", etc... Or does it make sense to think about something like a Pandas (Python) dataframe?

Dude, that is ballsy and fantastic, and I know you’re going to love following your passion wherever this journey takes you.

One thing I can absolutely say is that if something doesn’t feel right, you need to move on.

💜⚡️🤙

since you asked for advice.. prepare for failure. do you have more than just this severance runway? your failure plan should be a hard cutoff timeframe and maybe some extra time to recover before back to the grind.

I think it's all good ideas, having done this myself many times and not regretted it.. the only idea that ever worked was bitcoin. even that felt like a failure for 5 years..

save hard, spend wise, dont go negative.. keep good standing with your contacts in business world.

I think there are too many plans you have. If you do a couple less and concentrate on the others and dedice more time to them, something nice will come up for you too. And your family can't stay broke with a boss like you friend 😉🤝 good luck

We have obligations, but only one life. You do you. Especially "nosfabrica" and "finding home" sound interesting to me.

Good luck!

Enjoyed your film at BFF.

Get out of the fiat world and you will fly 10 times higher.

Leap and the net shall appear. Wishing you the greatest good 👍🏼

Interesting “finding home” idea. I was thinking about building a nostr native couch surfing app along those lines. It would be dope if we could link up more Bitcoiners in an intimate and informal setting for more meaningful connections.

All the best for this new chapter!

Keep us posted on your progress and challenges.

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Looking forward to seeing you achieve it.

Excited for your next chapter!

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Pray comrade. No greater wisdom than that which comes from above.

Congrats on listening to your inner voice!

I highly recommend looking at 'Values based decision making'. Can clarify so much for yourself by asking the right questions..

https://video.nostr.build/451d320b636808a8d7d55967bb241f70b67420aef75e63c45914e9678d95b085.mp4

Inspiring and thought provoking! Courageous! 🫡🫂

Hello, thank you very much for sharing. I just quit my job in an AI team too, but just to get another one... Thank you for sharing. I am definitely looking to opt out at some point as well, so I am very interested to hear how it goes.

And also, I am working as a data engineer for AI teams, if ever you have a project, where you need help, I would be glad to help out. Could be more technical, but also just documentation etc.

Anyway, good luck and have fun on your journey and live free!

let the universe take you on a journey

best of luck sir 🫡

Thank you everyone for all the warm and supportive responses. It means a lot to hear all the constructive feedback 🙏

I’ve decided to document my progress on this journey in a weekly long form post. If nothing else, I hope it will be entertaining/educational to read about how an established mid-career guy with a family to support decided to risk it all on a bitcoin and nostr passion

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best luck! in my experience it’s best to focus on your personal health after a burnout and then locking again on a project that you feel excited about

Short answer: action leads to clarity. Just go for it, and the path will become clear

Long answer: probably best done on a podcast… 😜

Bitcoin and nostr builders. Consider working with my man Avi!

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Good for you my brother! Best of luck on pursuing your passions!🫡💪💪💪

Good luck.

Enjoy the extra time with your family.

Love it focus your time&energy on bitcoin&nostr combined with your dedication and proof of work everything is going to turn out awesome. Enjoy life on the bitcoin standard 🧡🗽💜

This is the way.

Congrats Avi!

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I want to do similar have several ideas for a novel and a number of businesses I run where I want to incorporate Bitcoin in the operations

LFG

You cannot make sure, in any meaningful way, that the net appears. Freedom and uncertainty go hand in hand. All you can do is give it your best shot(s)*... and have faith 🙏

* shots because some will miss. Don't cry over a missed shot, take another one.

Godspeed, brother 🤠

having vision and then taking steps to achieve it is huge, you’re on the right path

all the best 🙌🏻

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That takes courage!

With what I’m always struggling with is following my gut feelings and then decide to what to pay attention too. It always more than just 1 thing and it’s always more than 1 feeling. But it’s my compass. But reading it is quite hard sometimes. So what I often do is try to let it read (as a external navigator) by others and find the encouragement to just do things and avoid to overthink stuff (which is a common pitfall for me).

In the end it’s self-knowledge what keeps you in line with your purpose.

Could be the greatest example you give to your kid(s) (if you have any).

This is epic, and can’t stop thinking about visiting my boss to ask him to sack me!!!! After being in the role for 12 years, this may be a useful little addition to my stack. 🫡🙌

How can I help?