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inspired by the magic of @replit,
I started the 100 days of python challenge this week
you can follow my progress here: replit.com/@afscott
we've got amjad in the house
we're now in week 4 and the audience is looking for guidance
amjad's life story:
born in Amman, Jordan
his father bought a computer when he was a kid
his first business was selling software to LAN cafes when he was 14
he made an open source project and moved to the US
they compiled python and ruby into javascript
he got a job offer from codeacademy in NY
went to FB for a while in SF
then left to make replit
In Jordan, he was a trouble maker at school (but still got good grades)
it bothered his teachers
he was getting As while goofing around and not paying attention
one time, he hacked into the school computer system to pass himself
he only thought it was fair because they'd failed him on attendance
that was a huge deal. he got caught
he was also working a the local university
and the programmers hated him because he put their jobs at risk
he was obsessed with car
he play counterstrike GO professionally
he's VERY competitive and has to be the best
internet cafes were popping up in Amman, they'd go play red alert and CS 1.2
there were tournaments where you could make money
the year was 2000 - 2001
he was so obsessed with CS and it was the genesis for his first business idea
the internet cafes were tracking customer time manually
he wrote software to automate it all - user accounts, hours, accounting system
and he started selling it
he was 14 when he got his first customer
and 15 when he started to scale it up
he didn't realize how hard it was at the time
it's still like that today - they just announced the open source code model
he didn't realize how hard it would be when they started
now they know how to train models
it's a constant feeling of jumping in without thinking about how it will fail
it's a good entrepreneurial trait
but can also land you in jail 😂
he has a 3 year old kid now and sees some worrying similarities
amjad has been working on the same topic for his whole life
from Jordan he went to codeacademy then to FB - all working on the same issues
replit comes from the word repl - an iterative programming loop
he thinks that philosophy is really important
and that is part of the ethos of replit
it's also part of his work at FB building React
he was in school and he didn't have a laptop. he got frustrated setting up his dev environment at each new machine
he wanted a google docs-like experience
so he hacked it together over a weekend
and his friends liked it
it was limited, only javascript
and adding the next language was much harder
it's typical in startups. get a quick MVP together then build more complex stuff after
he was working at YAHOO in Jordan, then would do nights and weekends building replit
he did that for about 6 months
then they put it on hacker news, made it open source
and it went viral
the inventory of javascript tweeted about it!
it was pitched as an online playground for code
when they started in 2016, he didn't have a business model
however, they made money from day one
he was selling access to his API and got up to $2k MRR but hit a plateau
at one point replit nearly died
Amjad was inspired by a low budget movie called 'pirates of silicon valley' about the history of Apple and Microsoft
imdb.com/title/tt0168122/
Farza had a similar experience moving from Florida to California
back to Amjad...
starting a business in Jordan was nearly impossible
your parents are unsupportive. no investment opportunities (unless you want to give up 90% of your company)
in the US it's so much better. For example, Amjad is an investor in @_buildspace despite never meeting Farza
anything you wish you did differently with replit?
there were so many complications. he didn't have green card, so couldn't leave his job.
he had debt that limited his risk taking ability. he had to build up from there.
Amjad's advice: keep going, even if it's dark. it gets better
it's important to be realistic but also optimistic
sometimes you have to pivot, even within the same idea
a startup is a living being that adapts to the market
you have to simultaneously have your vision but also adapt to the feedback
when it's tough: choose metrics where you can make progress towards a bigger goal.
for example at replit, they're building new tech that gets users even when the revenue is lagging
he thinks of it like a chess board. you can't change the board. focus on the next move.
analyze it without emotion. you have to keep emotions in check.
score yourself on the progress you are making. not just $$ in the bank.
what advice do you have for a content creator like a musician?
practice. you can make progress on practice. songs that you couldn't cover in the past. you can develop your skill. be honest whether you're making progress or not.
how do you know you're making progress?
you have to reflect. be conscientious. there are also many apps that will score you - for example 100 days of code or learning to play the piano.
you could also get on a zoom call and let them give you feedback
it's hard to put your work out there.
amjad wrote about it - 'what is perfectionism and what is the cure?'
amasad.me/perfectionism
he thinks perfection is a disease that protects your ego
you don't do it because you're afraid of attacks to your ego
if you observe that, why would it hurt your ego?
you should just frame it as a way to improve. ignore the haters.
Farza thinks you are your own barrier to moving forward
Amjad suggests a hack: exposure therapy. it's a way to get over psychological issues. expose yourself to that which you fear.
he had a fear of public speaking. so he took improv classes in NY
he put himself in the worst scenario to be embarrased. he did it so much he became desensitized.
Farza had the same issue with a stutter. he watched the Kings Speech - and was inspired.
so he started making youtube videos when he was 16.
the bigger lesson: everyone is thinking about themselves. they are not even thinking about it.
no one actually cares about you or your idea.
so just keep putting yourself out there
it's a constant battle of mattering enough to be loved or hated
how do you stay focused on this idea for so long?
he prides himself on seeing where the future is headed
he predicted 20 years ago that the web would be the application platform
the idea that you could deliver applications through the web wasn't understood
back in the IE4 / netscape era, it was hard to predict
but he saw it coming. he became an expert in javascript around the time that Chrome came out.
he was very confident in this prediction.
more recently 10 years ago he saw AI and the impact on coding.
in 2020 they started building AI into their product
and wrote about it on their blog
blog.replit.com/codingai
he advices against working on trends
try to orientate yourself to a bet on the future
hype can be useful. look at the NASDAQ - it's a classic hype cycle. boom/bust.
the dotcom hype wasn't fulfilled until 15 years later.
hype is a mis match in timing.
people tend to overestimate short term impact, which causes bearish-ness
he thinks this is the case for crypto
he has some criticism about ethereum. he's contrarian bullish on bitcoin lite
currently, auto GPT is over hyped
farza's guidance is to throw yourself into it but form your own opinion.
be aggressively independently minded without being close minded
get inputs from media, market, users - then form your own opinions
how do you do that in practice? how do you iterate?
at replit they are 80 people. one core value is 'seek pain'
for example putting your product out there is painful
seek criticism. it sucks.
the thing that differentiates the best from the rest,
is the constant desire to be better
which is very painful
why are you built like this?
it doesn't have to feel good. that's why it's in their values.
he feels the pain and cringe at failing.
but he knows that is how you grow.
Amjad thinks you can develop this at any time in your life
he feels the same emotions now that he felt when he was younger
focus on what you gain:
improve your skills
what you've learned
sometimes they will launch something without good reception
so they just put it on a back burner
and sometimes things come back to life
it may have just been a timing issue
the key is to not care about the outcome
farza thinks you can solve a lot of problems by putting your phone away and going for a walk
amjad likes to do power lifting. he thinks it's important to have 1 hobby outside your venture: running, music, racing. finding something that you can make progress on.
if you're stuck in your job, you can find satisfaction in your hobby
Farza would add 0.01 miles to his run so he always had an all time high to celebrate
regardless of what was going on with his startup
anti fragile idea generation:
amjad used to work with john Carmack at facebook
he had a mental framework:
fragile ideas die
anti fragile ideas survive the pressure
replit is anti fragile
they tried to kill it a few times but it doesn't die
it's like buildspace. started multiple times over the years. but he can't get out of it.
how do you make your idea more anti fragile?
in power lifting, they have the idea of progressive overload
which comes from greek mythology. a guy was carrying a lamb that grew every day. keep pushing yourself then stop just before breaking. repeat.
in entrepreneurship, get the first dollar. money is very objective. so is users. pick one. keep loading up.
replit is now worth > $1B. it was a goal at some point - to be a unicorn.
over time as you make progress, your expectations keep evolving
now he has even higher expectations
this $1B milestone stopped mattering about a year ago, which is a bit sad
but if you are ambitious you have a constant distance between where you are and where you want to be
ultimately you're just focussing on the moment and the next milestone
what matters to Amjad is users emailing him and telling him about how replit has changed their life
a kid from nepal was able to retire his dad from his job as a day laborer in Korea!
he also cares about technical breakthroughs and major coding achievements.
Amjad's family is from Palestine. He's loyal to Jordan but he has a chip on his shoulder because they were displaced. Trying to make it in the world.
he has a role to play in making the world better. and he likes to disrupt systems that he believes lock people out of opportunities
Farza also hates these institutions - he hated schools.
Amjad prefers to think of it like dissatisfaction. He saw that school was not the best solution for humanity.
his closing message:
figure out your inner, deeper motivation. it's key to staying the course. you have to find deep meaning beyond making money.
ask yourself every day how much you care about your idea.