How I became a freelancer at the age of 18 – everything I did

My name is Jun Sugimoto.

Age doesn't matter, and there are people who are going to get bigger results faster

I'm sorry that there was a request and as a small success experience in the middle

Specifically, how did you become able to work as a freelance engineer?

I would like to talk to you.

I'll go first, but I've failed about 9/9/9.

Currently

As a representative of DeepRecommend, Inc.

And I am a small entrepreneur while making a living in AI-related contract development.

Mainly in the areas of AI, quantum computing, and braintech

I'm going to do it.

The reason why is

In the field of Deep Tech

As background

I've always been interested in the brain.

In addition, by abstracting and pursuing it as a field of the brain,

This is because we thought that we could cover such fields.

Although you should focus on a more niche to do business

If we can narrow it down to one abstract field called the brain in the long term, there is no problem in cross-disciplinary activities.

Also, quantum computing has nothing to do with the brain at first glance.

It is applied to the field of AI called quantum machine learning.

Quantum computing is difficult to understand at first

It requires knowledge of mathematics and physics, and it is a high barrier to entry.

I was rather good at mathematics and physics.

I decided to do this field as well.

How I became a freelancer at 18

First of all,

First of all,

Here is a list of Sugimoto Jun's environment settings.

Normal

I will talk about the details in the next time.

I tried everything anyway

It goes back three years.

I was in my first year of high school at the time, so I had to keep going.

I didn't make friends, and when I went to the University of Tokyo, I slapped a big mouth.

I studied for about 18 hours a day.

At that time, the book I was reading little by little in between vocabulary books on my way to school was "The Brain Evolves with the Way of Seeing Things," which led to my interest in the field of the brain.

Thanks to that, I was able to hit a deviation value of over 80 at a preparatory school famous for hairstyles in Osaka.

However, the success experience did not last long.

It's like burnout.

I can no longer attend high school.

As a result

It is a matter of whether or not you can get credits for a year.

As for me

I decided to drop out of high school.

To parents who said they were allowed to go

It was a feeling of pity, pressure, anxiety and anticipation.

My final educational background will be junior high school.

I didn't know anything about it at the time.

Although I continued to study, play sports and music,

In my case, even if I was able to do that, nothing would work in society.

Philosophy, Psychology, Spirituality

I heard that ethics classes were not interesting.

When you are given a period to think about life

The ethics textbook was very helpful.

I was not good at Japanese, so I studied it all for a while in this situation.

To know the mental state and psychology

studied.

By the way, it was unusually painful at that time.

I went to a psychiatrist.

I remember being told that there was no problem at all.

Rather than being more than in the spirit

While also feeling positive

The feeling of impatience did not go away.

This experience of facing the mind and psychology also led to me working in the field of the brain.

meditation

At the time, I couldn't help but be afraid of the presence of people.

If it's not outside, nothing will improve.

So

Go to the riverside where people pass as little as possible

I was meditating for a long time.

Dispersion and impatience are integrated and calm.

Get a high school graduate certification and think about taking the university entrance exam

At first, I tried to go to university.

I didn't go to school, but I did get a mark.

I was aiming for architecture, mathematics, or physics.

It was confirmed that it was either the Faculty of Engineering or the Faculty of Science.

I consulted with a teacher at a nearby cram school.

But here again there are setbacks.

I took a mock exam.

I remember that the mock exam dropped to about 40 deviation value.

I realized that you can't study when you're burned out.

I gave up on taking the university entrance exam.

part-time job

I thought I had to do something.

I didn't understand anything, and I was in a hurry anyway.

I started working part-time at a horse meat specialty store.

Halfway through, I started to feel that there was more than one less

I also decided to carry a certain beef bowl chain.

There's no way you can do that.

More things to do led to more mistakes and depression

I slept in a nearby park without any intention of going home.

I was being pushed into it.

I apologize for the inconvenience caused to my parents, my best friends, and the police.

I'm really remorseful.

And the next day I had another shift.

Skip the beef bowl chain without contacting

I decided to quit that day.

In the end, the beef bowl chain only lasted two weeks.

However, I was really saved by the manager of a horse meat specialty store.

There are things I am still grateful for.

On the day I quit my part-time job,

I came home.

I didn't think that was possible.

He was a compassionate manager.

Even though there was a slap in the face

The manager of the horse meat shop was still hiring me.

From there, we changed our strategy.

I thought I had stopped thinking, but I was planning my strategy with a weak head.

I read it as a staircase strategy or a safety net strategy.

It is a feeling like.

reading

With this strategy, I thought about investing all the money from my part-time job into self-investment.

First of all, the lowest-risk, high-return self-investment is

I thought it was reading, so I read books.

I'm still worried about how to choose which books to read.

I think a book that solves the problem you are having at that time is fine.

If you can afford

・Books in specialized fields

・Books that give you a different perspective

When you read it, it grows quickly sensibly

typing

Next, I bought a personal computer.

I couldn't even type, so I started with typing.

In about a month, I was able to get 100 points in the P test.

resale

This was catastrophically unsuitable.

Up to now

・Art (painting, music and architecture)

・Science (Mathematics and Physics)

・I only played sports (baseball and handball).

It was very difficult to do a business like The Business.

There were also times when I fell for a scam.

Affiliate

It's the same with affiliates.

I understand how it works now.

It was very difficult to do a business like The Business.

Writing

This is because I learned copywriting and sales writing.

Where and how to use

Well, for the time being, it's like using it on SNS

Although it is alive now

It didn't become a job.

Selling Pictures on Mercari

I've been drawing since I was in elementary school.

So I sold my paintings on Mercari.

It didn't sell at all.

Self-analysis

I also spent time on this.

We examined what we are good at and what we are not good at.

I'm starting to understand his personality more or less.

Openness and curiosity are exceptionally high

I'm sincere and do things hard.

I wasn't a very mentally strong type.

I made it stronger.

I still feel depressed, but I get back on my feet after sleeping, running, and drinking coffee.

On the other hand, there was also the negative effect of not paying attention to details by making the mental strength too strong.

You have to be careful there.

Music

I've been playing music since I was in junior high school.

Like painting, I didn't have the talent to get people to listen to me or spread the word.

In the end, I made about 100 songs in total, but I was more rational than emotional.

I gave up because I couldn't make pale pop songs.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3mBJCaRNzob-iAMuHTIYjQ

Sns

I was posting about how to boost creativity under the name JiM.

That was all there was to it at the time.

When I asked him if he would do it for the rest of his life.

I thought I would never do it.

I gave up on this as well.

However, we continue to use social media.

Programming & Technology

As you can see

It almost didn't work.

Among them

The programming clicked the most.

If you have a purpose and motivation to create something

Mastery was instantaneous.

At first, I spent about a week making Tetris with JavaScript.

I played with it as a background and my friend's face.

Next, I learned Python.

I finally tried to become a data scientist.

I thought I had to step on the stairs for this as well.

I started by creating a web app in Ruby.

While continuing to work part-time

It's a failed life, so I think I have to analyze it.

Job hunting with SNS as a portfolio that shares failures called Errors.

By the way, I set up a cloud bankruptcy with this app called Errors.

In the Amazn RDS snapshot, I was billed 140,000 a month, which was a huge amount for me at the time.

I negotiated and asked for 30,000 yen,

It was an overseas remittance, and it was a matter of money, so it was dangerous.

Job

I was successfully selected to work as a web engineer.

I was about 17 years old.

I was a front-end engineer for TypeScript.

I remember being very happy.

I feel like I breathed some happy air under the building.

However, I wanted to become a freelance data engineer.

I'm sorry for the company because I can't afford it, but I stayed with the company for a year and a half.

I will describe them in the first semester, middle term, and second semester of each six months.

First semester (period of acquisition)

The first semester was a period of learning anyway.

The next six months are the key.

Mid-term (tricky period)

I feel like I've narrowed it down to the blue languages TypeScript, Python, and Flutter.

Say goodbye to Ruby and JavaScript.

I've touched Rust a bit, but I'm going to go to Julia next in terms of field.

In the middle term, it was irregular and tricky with mobile, English conversation, homebrew PC, commissioning, machine learning, and quantum SDK.

Second semester (preparation period for starting a business)

The second half was a preparation period as a fledgling entrepreneur.

It was reckless, but fulfilling.

How I became a freelancer. How did you get the job?

It is not a project.

In my case, I used Double Business Cloud

We have received a job order.

It's UX like a dating app.

For your reference.

Impatience does not go away

When you leave some social affiliation

Get to see the outside world.

If you look at the outside world

Even in the inner world, there are people who didn't even reach their feet.

Age equal to me, or rather younger

・ Entrepreneur who makes billions

・Published in Nature

・ Top ranking of music charts

There are amazing people like that.

I'm a mischievous slug.

I was thinking while I was in the office.

Nowadays, everyone can connect.

I feel that we have become a society that can be made more visible.

It is clear who is doing what in what area.

It's a little impatient, isn't it?

Well, comparison with others is something you shouldn't do.

Let's proceed steadily from what we can do.

By the way, how to stop comparing yourself with others

Compare yourself to others and think about yourself

I think it's about building immunity.

Perhaps the problem is that you don't know the frog ocean in the well, and your expectations for yourself increase.

In addition, in anticipation of the decrease or increase in occupations with AI, we must add value to it, either co-creating or creating anew.

At last

Thank you for reading.

It's a completely bad system and the batting average is low.

Well, please think that ordinary people are making an effort.

Even now, I'm not the type to make money or have something outstanding.

The challenge for me is

Continuously achieve results in a specific field and increase your own value, while also pursuing profits with everyone's goals

It may be.

It's like climbing the downhill escalator in the opposite direction as soon as you quit.

You have to either stop or climb into that position.

About society

I think it will be more gentle, individualized, and concrete.

For better or worse, the masses have become popular, and what used to be blurred is now too clear in high resolution.

As an aside,

That's why modern punk counterculture is

I think it's full of motivation and hope.

So, here is the important thing

Don't think of yourself as yourself

It's about seeing it as part of a social phenomenon.

Some young people quit because they are too loose.

Some young people are too hard and depressed.

In other words, take a bird's-eye view and take a position.

After that, it is possible to sow the seeds and grow a large tree in one month, or it can finally sprout after a year.

It is important to sow many high-quality seeds in places and times with as high probability as possible, and water them regularly.

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