As a coder, he is decent.
You've got to be kidding about this part. Just decent? He's a coding prodigy. I have no clue how he manages to write as much code as he does, a 20 person software company of normal coders would be struggling to keep up with his output. And his software does stuff that most people would consider impossible if they didn't see it in action.
So, the post was just my appraisal. I am by no means an expert when it comes to coding. In fact, I don't know anything, so I'll admit that anything I wrote on the topic or am about to write might be off base. I have heard enough times and have seen from his posts that the amount of code he writes is prolific. I have heard time and time again that nobody can code as much as he can and I generally believe it. My appraisal as decent (this isn't bad btw) comes from his own words of constant referring to himself as "Just a C programmer". If he said he had mastered the top 5 languages, I would be more impressed and move him more into the "prodigy" zone. He also regularly leaves posts about how he coded something, got it to work but it turned out to be sloppy, so he did it all over again from scratch to make it clean. That kind of determination and perseverance is the key to success. Most every time I would prefer to support a decent highly motivated and relentless coder over a really good but lazy and uninterested dev.
Disclosure: I bought 1/2 bitcoin of Token.
The irony, I think, is to be found in your sig.
I am not sure what the irony is. I sometimes get lost on meanings in the internet. I am indeed looking for the next thing. That is totally congruent with my nature and that is why I am here discussing what very well might be the next big thing. BTW, I first bought one of Jame's offerings months ago and now have 4 different ones. When I talk about him, I am genuinely trying to give an honest feel for the guy, both the good and the bad. Lots of people on here are pumping him to be out of this world, and trolls are screaming scam. I was trying to give a voice of reason from somebody who has followed him and actually sent messages back and forth with him (under a different name) going back months, long before any of this was ever even thought of. BTW, he was very good at answering my questions very clearly. His normal writing often goes over my head, but when I asked clearly for what I was trying to understand, he wrote back very well.
All duly noted.
The paradigm shift here isn't the standard of coding or the work ethic, though of course these both help immensely. What is qualitatively different (for crypto) is the emphasis on collaboration instead of zero-sum competition. That's the real game changer.
The tech is cool, but that's not what's really exciting. So to me the 'next big thing' is something more fundamental. Basically it's about how we relate to each other, what that enables and the role that money plays in cementing those ends rather than pulling people in opposite directions.
It is a very exciting time to be around and watching this come together.
