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Ben Awad

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Ben Awad is a YouTuber, software engineer, and the founder of VoidPet.com. He has 500k YouTube subscribers, 800k TikTok followers, and is known for his legendary coding tutorials and humorous and authentic videos. We discussed numerous topics. Check the timestamps below for topics and enjoy the audio, or you can watch the video over on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/BKhV-kPavnk Ben's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bawad   Ben's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@benawad   Ben's Twitter: https://twitter.com/benawad   Ben's startup: https://voidpet.com/  Ben's GitHub: https://github.com/benawad   Ben's Discord: https://discord.gg/benawad   Ben's programmer outfit: https://youtube.com/shorts/-P418Qerexs?feature=share 00:00 Teaser  00:40 Intro (Guest &amp; Co-host) 03:40 Ben's first line of code 06:00 Turning down FAANG and Leetcode 11:33 Layoffs / Finding jobs 13:15 Skin in the game 13:58 Interviews are broken 16:44 Advice to technical content creators 22:05 Being authentic online 27:57 Coding on Twitch vs YouTube 30:10 Why you should create on TikTok 33:25 Hating Android development / Loving React 36:00 Tech stack 38:18 GitHub Copilot 39:35 Tech stack again 40:39 Deno 42:30 The AI discussion 44:10 VoidPet (Ben's startup) 49:40 Rejected by YC / fundraise vs bootstrap 56:29 Career advice to newbies 1:00:09 Ben's drip 1:01:42 Saffron App 1:04:29 Ben's mentors 1:06:25 Wrap up   -  Get in touch with us:  Our website (all essays and podcasts): https://rationalvc.com  Our investment fund: https://rational.fund  Cyrus' Twitter: https://twitter.com/CyrusYari   Parsa's Twitter: https://twitter.com/pzrsaa   Parsa's website: https://parsam.io  Iman's Twitter: https://twitter.com/iman_olya    -  Disclaimer: The materials provided are solely for informational or entertainment purposes and do not constitute investment or legal advice. All opinions expressed by hosts and guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of their employer(s). No copyright infringement intended.  #benawad #coding #programmer

Ben Awad is a YouTuber, software engineer, and the founder of <a href="http://VoidPet.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">VoidPet.com</a>. He has 500k YouTube subscribers, 800k TikTok followers, and is known for his legendary coding tutorials and humorous and authentic videos. We discussed numerous topics. Check the timestamps below for topics and enjoy the audio, or you can watch the video over on our YouTube channel: <a href="https://youtu.be/BKhV-kPavnk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/BKhV-kPavnk</a> Ben's YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@bawad" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@bawad</a>  Ben's TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@benawad" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.tiktok.com/@benawad</a>  Ben's Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/benawad" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/benawad</a>  Ben's startup: <a href="https://voidpet.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://voidpet.com/</a>  Ben's GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/benawad" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://github.com/benawad</a>  Ben's Discord: <a href="https://discord.gg/benawad" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://discord.gg/benawad</a>  Ben's programmer outfit: <a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/-P418Qerexs?feature=share" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/shorts/-P418Qerexs?feature=share</a> 00:00 Teaser  00:40 Intro (Guest &amp; Co-host) 03:40 Ben's first line of code 06:00 Turning down FAANG and Leetcode 11:33 Layoffs / Finding jobs 13:15 Skin in the game 13:58 Interviews are broken 16:44 Advice to technical content creators 22:05 Being authentic online 27:57 Coding on Twitch vs YouTube 30:10 Why you should create on TikTok 33:25 Hating Android development / Loving React 36:00 Tech stack 38:18 GitHub Copilot 39:35 Tech stack again 40:39 Deno 42:30 The AI discussion 44:10 VoidPet (Ben's startup) 49:40 Rejected by YC / fundraise vs bootstrap 56:29 Career advice to newbies 1:00:09 Ben's drip 1:01:42 Saffron App 1:04:29 Ben's mentors 1:06:25 Wrap up  - Get in touch with us: Our website (all essays and podcasts): <a href="https://rationalvc.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://rationalvc.com</a>  Our investment fund: <a href="https://rational.fund" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://rational.fund</a>  Cyrus' Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/CyrusYari" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/CyrusYari</a>  Parsa's Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/pzrsaa" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/pzrsaa</a>  Parsa's website: <a href="https://parsam.io" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://parsam.io</a>  Iman's Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/iman_olya" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/iman_olya</a>  - Disclaimer: The materials provided are solely for informational or entertainment purposes and do not constitute investment or legal advice. All opinions expressed by hosts and guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of their employer(s). No copyright infringement intended. #benawad #coding #programmer

#046 - Ben Awad: Becoming the Internet's Most Impactful Programmer

Jason and Molly cover how 15% of the world’s bitcoin mining network went down when Kazakhstan’s internet was shut off (3:11) and Chainalysis' scam report (12:32). Then they do a "We Live in the Future" segment about AI created actors (16:49) and “Memes of the Week” review of Marc Andreessen's tweets (25:32). Finally, Producer Rachel wraps with an "OK Boomer" interview with YouTube creator and software engineer Ben Awad (38:43).

Kazakh Bitcoin mining outage, Synthetic actors, Memes + Ben Awad: Gen Z Programming Mentor | E1355

Why do men in STEM prefer to date women in non-STEM fields?   We bring on our fellow TikTok content creators+software engineers Daisy Murillo and Ben Awad to discuss the dating culture in Tech!  Daisy Murillo: YouTube: daisymdev https://tiktok.com/@daisymdev   Ben Awad: YouTube: BenAwad97 https://dogehouse.tv

Why do men in STEM prefer to date women in non-STEM fields?  We bring on our fellow TikTok content creators+software engineers Daisy Murillo and Ben Awad to discuss the dating culture in Tech! Daisy Murillo: YouTube: daisymdev <a href="https://tiktok.com/@daisymdev" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tiktok.com/@daisymdev</a> Ben Awad: YouTube: BenAwad97 <a href="https://dogehouse.tv" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://dogehouse.tv</a>