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who am i, what i'll do, and why i'm doing it
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who am i? i am alphabetsalphabets!
what do i do? i study computer science! and i read a lot about business and finance in my free time.
i was put onto the financial literacy journey by my mentor. when i off-handily told him that i wanted “to have infinite money”, and he told me to go read rich dad poor dad, and that’s how this entire journey started. now i’m extremely into business, finance and growing personal wealth. very capitalistic and unoriginal of me.
what will this newsletter of mine will be focused? it’s these three things:
delivering straightforward finance knowledge.
i won’t pepper my posts with too much jargon, and when i do, i’ll explain them. i’ll repeat myself only if necessary.
reviewing books on finance and business.
books take a lot of time to read, they aren’t cheap either. some books are ancient. for example, “The Intelligent Investor” came out in 1949. the book itself references the dot com bubble. there has been modern versions with additional notes to make it more applicable to 2025 but it is not good enough. newer books on finance lack the trust that the old books have. the same applies to books about business as well. as i go through each book, i’ll provide a per chapter summary and reflect on it to see how i can apply it to my day-to-day, i highly encourage comments and discussions between you guys, my readers, and me!
comparison of different books.
this melds with my previous point. i’ll compare the different books i’ve read and tell you what’s the difference. there have been many, many, many books on made for beginners, this isn’t surprising and it is the easiest way to write a book. however, what it also means is most information is recycled. you might buy a book that ends up teaching you what you already know and waste not just time but money. if you believe in the saying “time is money" then i’m going to save you a lot of money.
core principals that i will follow:
i am not here to teach you anything.
i am just a student. what’s more, i’m not even a finance or business student. i have a computer science degree. i’m just someone who consumes a lot of content about both subjects and i want to share them with you all. the goal of this project of mine is to learn from each other. we should lift each other up, we will stand on the shoulder of giants, together.
and to learn from each other, we need to have discussions. so, disagree with me, challenge me, ask me difficult questions that make me go “i don’t know”. challenge each other! for i believe that this is the best way to learn.i will not monetize informational content.
in the spirit of being transparent, not monetizing informational content is my core commitment. i wouldn’t be here today if knowledge was kept behind a paywall. projects like Anna’s Archive, Sci-Hub and the people in the Open Source community have kept me afloat throughout my years of studying, for free. on multiple occasions, i’ve had different people offer to check my assignments and offer tips on how to improve it, for free. it is only right that i pay that forward.
so, what is free and what is not? if i make a post about how to manage equity, or what RSI means it will be free. the existing content such as analysis and review of books, comparison between books, will also always be free.
what is paid will be the “nice to haves”, the extras. for example, pre-built spreadsheets, an actionable checklist, or a premium template that helps to achieve specific goals. Think of it as a difference between sharing an idea freely and offering a convenient tool for those who want to use it. such an example would be the framework mentioned in my very first post! if you want it, let me know in this survey here!