How I Make a Living Off My Twitter Followers as an Engineer | Dillion Verma | EP32

Omar ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and Vishal ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ sit down with Dillion Verma ⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@dillionverma) to talk about winning the Vercel Accelerator program, why he switched from the medicine path to engineering, a bet that made $5k in 48 hrs, why he left big tech, his 10 day silent meditation retreat, his framework for making money from side projects, and much more.... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://f.inc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Links: · ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dillion's Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠ · ⁠LLM Report · ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Dock⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 4:32 - Switching From Medicine To Engineering 8:20 - How He Learned To Code 11:25 - Are Hackathons Oversaturated? 16:09 - Unlearning Big Tech 19:16 - How To Make Money From Side Projects 25:47 - Testing Demand For Your Product 28:01 - The Vercel Accelerator 35:37 - Leaving Big Tech 41:42 - How to Properly Use Twitter 45:04 - How To Jump From Big Tech To A Startup 46:44 - Reading Tweets 55:07 - 10 Day Silent Meditation Retreat