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This type of writing/speak is the equivalent of the classic interview response: "My biggest weakness is that I'm such a hard worker." It doesn't feel honest. I

This type of writing/speak is the equivalent of the classic interview response: "My biggest weakness is that I'm such a hard worker." It doesn't feel honest. I wonder if that is because the author is a founding member of digital nomad community/agency, honestly I have no idea exactly what it does because the website is super vauge, so to question the lifestyle is to question his livelihood.

goldenkey 9y ago
You hit it on the nail. The article is actually somewhat of an advertisement. The author is signaling about his "master status" as an exemplar of this iconiclastic lifestyle. He needs to do this to sell his self-help books, tutorials, advice, etc. He also needs to gain the credibility so he is invited for talks for those mostly marketing based "Hacker Cons" where a bunch of semi believable tinkerers tell their stories about how they did something so special and mold breaking. And I don't mean technical conferences we all love. I mean the bullshit ones.
- applebeesam 9y ago
  Hahaha no plans to be th next Tony Robbins just yet but I'll let you know when I start my cult ;)
  - goldenkey 9y ago
    Hahahaha, good one! I actually really love B. K. Robbins - he is my favorite motivational sneaker! The way he speaks is so deliciously appetizing!
applebeesam 9y ago
Hi there - author here! Super Global is a nonprofit tech advisory service for social impact organisations. We also have a community of creative & tech agencies who want to do use their expertise for good. Not nomad related but the name does conjure those images!
- IanDrake 9y ago
  I mean no disrespect, but perhaps my honest opinion might help a you a bit, though I could be totally wrong. Your hook, “Super Global is a nonprofit tech advisory service for social impact organizations.”, makes me feel like you think I’m stupid and is personally a turn off. You’re an IT consultant that specializes in the charity industry. Everything else is just buzzword bingo. Your non-profit status is meaningless to anyone who understands corporate structures and social impact organization seems to be a new-age word for charity. The charity industry is big business and people make a lot of money in it. While I really do appreciate their positive impact, the virtue signalling is tiresome. If your hook works for you, great, don’t change a thing. But to me it’s cringe worthy and might not be helping you. Sometimes being more direct is better.
  - dwaltrip 9y ago
    > Your non-profit status is meaningless to anyone who understands corporate structures Care to clue the rest of us in?
    - IanDrake 9y ago
      Sure. Besides the technical differences in ownership structure which you can easily google, the reality of nonprofits is that in most cases the founder stands to make as much money (yearly) as the founder of a for-profit company. For example, let’s say I have and s-Corp and it provides me with, let’s say, 100k of salary and my pass through income (profit) of 25k. I could alternatively have created a nonprofit giving myself a 100k salary and bonus myself 25k - what would have been profit. In this way, I’d end up with 125k and the company ends up with no profit. The details are different but the results are nearly the same. One major difference is that the founder of a nonprofit can’t sell the organization. Again though, the reality is that they can be given a do-nothing role in the company and receive what could be understood as compensation for the exchange. Sadly, many nonprofits are set up for the benefit of their founders and cronies, thus nonprofits aren’t always as virtuous as you would be led to believe. Also, I should note, incase anyone is unfamiliar, nonprofit != charity. A charity is a special type of non-profit.

goldenkey 9y ago

You hit it on the nail. The article is actually somewhat of an advertisement. The author is signaling about his "master status" as an exemplar of this iconiclastic lifestyle. He needs to do this to sell his self-help books, tutorials, advice, etc. He also needs to gain the credibility so he is invited for talks for those mostly marketing based "Hacker Cons" where a bunch of semi believable tinkerers tell their stories about how they did something so special and mold breaking. And I don't mean technical conferences we all love. I mean the bullshit ones.

applebeesam 9y ago
Hahaha no plans to be th next Tony Robbins just yet but I'll let you know when I start my cult ;)
- goldenkey 9y ago
  Hahahaha, good one! I actually really love B. K. Robbins - he is my favorite motivational sneaker! The way he speaks is so deliciously appetizing!

applebeesam 9y ago

Hi there - author here! Super Global is a nonprofit tech advisory service for social impact organisations. We also have a community of creative & tech agencies who want to do use their expertise for good. Not nomad related but the name does conjure those images!

IanDrake 9y ago
I mean no disrespect, but perhaps my honest opinion might help a you a bit, though I could be totally wrong. Your hook, “Super Global is a nonprofit tech advisory service for social impact organizations.”, makes me feel like you think I’m stupid and is personally a turn off. You’re an IT consultant that specializes in the charity industry. Everything else is just buzzword bingo. Your non-profit status is meaningless to anyone who understands corporate structures and social impact organization seems to be a new-age word for charity. The charity industry is big business and people make a lot of money in it. While I really do appreciate their positive impact, the virtue signalling is tiresome. If your hook works for you, great, don’t change a thing. But to me it’s cringe worthy and might not be helping you. Sometimes being more direct is better.
- dwaltrip 9y ago
  > Your non-profit status is meaningless to anyone who understands corporate structures Care to clue the rest of us in?
  - IanDrake 9y ago
    Sure. Besides the technical differences in ownership structure which you can easily google, the reality of nonprofits is that in most cases the founder stands to make as much money (yearly) as the founder of a for-profit company. For example, let’s say I have and s-Corp and it provides me with, let’s say, 100k of salary and my pass through income (profit) of 25k. I could alternatively have created a nonprofit giving myself a 100k salary and bonus myself 25k - what would have been profit. In this way, I’d end up with 125k and the company ends up with no profit. The details are different but the results are nearly the same. One major difference is that the founder of a nonprofit can’t sell the organization. Again though, the reality is that they can be given a do-nothing role in the company and receive what could be understood as compensation for the exchange. Sadly, many nonprofits are set up for the benefit of their founders and cronies, thus nonprofits aren’t always as virtuous as you would be led to believe. Also, I should note, incase anyone is unfamiliar, nonprofit != charity. A charity is a special type of non-profit.