The initial surge of attention led to other requests. An employee at Microsoft wanted to set me up for a job interview. A new startup asked me to join its team. A publishing house in China offered me a book deal to share some studying tips with beleaguered Chinese students. However, those weren’t the reasons I had done the project. I was already happy working as a writer online, which had supported me financially throughout my project and would continue to do so afterward. My goal for the project wasn’t to get a job but to see what was possible. After just a few months of finishing my first
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1: Its good that you weren't aiming to get a job because you very likely would have fallen on your face in the first week
2: "Whats possible" is great cramming strategy, not content mastery
3: Seriously, man, look up ADHD
