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:

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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