I think anyone with ambitions falls for these kinds of grifts at some point in their lives before realizing it’s bullshit and never getting sucked into them again.
When I was young and out of college I certainly fell for the trap of trying to build a startup and get super rich and become a cool tech bro. Read all the lean startup garbage and listened to anyone with a successful tech startup story. Fortunately the grift industry wasn’t as mature as it is today, so damage was minimal.
Nowadays, these content creators and course curators extract huge sums of money out of people and make themselves look more legit than ever. Young people need to be more wary but I feel they are more gullible than ever. Not a good mix.
When I was young and out of college I certainly fell for the trap of trying to build a startup and get super rich and become a cool tech bro. Read all the lean startup garbage and listened to anyone with a successful tech startup story. Fortunately the grift industry wasn’t as mature as it is today, so damage was minimal.
Nowadays, these content creators and course curators extract huge sums of money out of people and make themselves look more legit than ever. Young people need to be more wary but I feel they are more gullible than ever. Not a good mix.