Quote this cast and tell me the moment when you truly hit rock bottom in life, your hardest time ever.

It could be in the past, or it could be now.

Those who respond will be tipped.

Dropped out of college and moved cross country to co-found a crypto startup right before the 2018 bear market

Lost all investor interest as soon as the market crashed, had to wind the company down w/o runway, blew through my entire savings

Quickly learned to code and took on freelance work to make money and survive

co-founder @survey x /ponder // benadamsky.com

Have had several other equally rock bottoms in both my personal life and career since then

Lots of painful lessons and experiences that I carry with me, but I firmly believe I came out a better man on the other side

Could fill an entire book with all my learnings and yet I know there’s so much more to learn

Building Higher apparel at High Line 🧢 
Host at /clickcast /cpg

I’ve often found these to be pivotal moments for people, but not everyone makes it out the other side

Thanks for sharing this deeply personal moment

Appreciate it, although in retrospect I’m so glad I went through it

Pulling away the safety net I had put me into a different gear and I probably wouldn’t be where I am today if I didn’t make the leap

Wow Ben, that’s insane brother. Sorry you went through that

Super glad you pushed through and learned from your mistakes, as well as picking up new skills 🤍

Damn, not everyone will have the grit to continue. Big ups Ben🚀💪

what'd you find the most effective in learning to code ?