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I'm biased because Aaron is my brother. But I believe in his vision. He's always been an entrepreneur, who figures he can learn anything when he gets to it. Gi
by btilly 3y ago
I'm biased because Aaron is my brother. But I believe in his vision.
He's always been an entrepreneur, who figures he can learn anything when he gets to it. Given that he learns in hyperfocus, he's generally been right. He figures it takes him about three weeks to learn anything from the basics of a new language, to a new job skill. Sometimes he's much faster. For example I taught him the basics of Calculus in about half an hour. That included the chain rule, max/min problems, and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. 30 minutes.
He's never avoided a challenge. If it needs doing, he does it. The biggest thing he took on previously was about 15 years ago. That was when he put together the largest alliance of law firms ever seen in China.
This is bigger. Science has re-evaluated the importance of breath. He sees how many lives will be improved or saved, and wants to speed up how quickly it impacts our world.
When he told me what he was doing, it sounded crazy. Even by his standards. Build a technology stack to give actionable information on people's breathing? He didn't have a tech background. In fact I was the only person he KNEW in tech!
But I didn't get in his way. He charged into learning the way he always has. I answered any questions he had for me on anything from database design, to managing software developers. I knew he learned fast, but he's been going faster than I remembered.
So now he has a working prototype. I've worn it. I wish this existed many years ago when I first wanted my asthma diagnosed, and my doctor didn't believe I had it. I can see many other points in my life when I could have used this. And I believe that he now knows what he needs to bring the rest of his vision home.
- AaronWardBreath 3y agoThanks Ben, your advice to me on everything from debugging tactics to the emotional profile of coders has been very helpful.