How I got inspired by this young hacker 'EV' and learned later on that I'm doing his dream job by reading his blog one month later. He was this young guy who came to New York to buy a bike and ride it across America but the bike got stolen the next day and now he sleeps on subways, so we met in a co-working space talking about Ebola, Hamas, Humanitarian Aid and meaning of life with couple of people.
Seems I'm not that far fetched in my path, I mean from where I started and where I am now, no clue really where I'm going. However today I have read something from another young hacker I met in New York, actually he joined out kitchen session in the Wix Lounge talking about digital humanitarians, and I remember him quite clearly, since he was curious about my work with many questions, and it took another month for me to realise I kinda do what he would love to be doing. It's interesting to see that you can inspire people who are themselves inspiring others and me as well. So I found his blogpost today from October about the kitchen meeting we had, couple people, hackers, nerds, coffee addicts in downtown Manhattan:
"I Unintentionally Got A Job
I love Wix Lounge. There’s just so many interesting people there. You might just enter a conversation with a war photographer explaining how he got kidnapped by Hamas and end the conversation with a job at a startup across town. That’s what happened today.
So I woke up Monday on at the last stop on the “N” train at 1pm. I thought to myself, damn, it’s late. By the time I get to the coworking space (Wix Lounge) it will only be open for a couple hours and I’m sure it’s absolutely packed. But hey, they’ve got free coffee there, I can make myself some instant oatmeal, and the water just tastes better there than at the library. So why not go? " Read further on EV blog....
