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Re:Be wary of imitating high-status people who can afford to... by TaylorAlexander on Sunday December 11, 2022 @02:55PM (#33946833)

When I worked at Google I always had the distinct feeling that my hard work was paying for some manager’s $500k home renovation. I’m way more interested in working hard to help people who really need it, and I’m glad I’m not working at a place like that anymore.

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Re:Be wary of imitating high-status people who can afford to... by boringg on Sunday December 11, 2022 @03:09PM (#33946946)

Where did you end up that is helping people who really need it?

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Re:Be wary of imitating high-status people who can afford to... by TaylorAlexander on Sunday December 11, 2022 @04:08PM (#33947530)

I’m doing an open source solar powered farming robot nonprofit thing! [1] It’s an amazing feeling finishing a huge PCB design project for work and then immediately pushing the changes to GitHub. I’ve got a new brushless motor controller in the works that costs under $40 per board fully assembled for high current dual motor control, and anyone can order them (ideally wait till design is slightly more mature). [2]

[1] https://community.twistedfields.com/t/march-2022-update-simu...

[2] https://github.com/Twisted-Fields/rp2040-motor-controller

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Re:Be wary of imitating high-status people who can afford to... by boringg on Monday December 12, 2022 @09:42AM (#33955094)

Cool problem and I can imagine it would be fun to solve - wish you the best of luck!

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Re:Be wary of imitating high-status people who can afford to... by TaylorAlexander on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @01:36PM (#33973603)

Thank you. It’s very fun indeed!

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