I Signed Up for a Company Hackathon
Somewhere between writing about building my way out, I signed up for a company hackathon. The contradiction isn't lost on me.
Twenty-Eight Signups from a Story, Not a Launch
I Built It. Nobody Came.
I shipped a real product. It works. I use it every day. And when I launched it to the world, the world didn't notice.
Fifteen Thousand Dollars a Month
I've been avoiding a spreadsheet. This week I stopped avoiding it.
I've Watched Three Technology Shifts Remake My Career. AI Is the Fourth.
Every major shift opened a window where individuals could build things that used to require teams. I think AI just kicked that window wide open.
The Paradox of Comfortable Enough
I don't hate my job. That's exactly what makes leaving so hard to think about clearly.