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What I'm up to now in 2025

Inspired by Derek Sivers!

Last updated: September 2025

Growing SchoolMaker to mid six figures of MRR

Growing Sponsorship to a livable monthly income

Building UI components to help Rails devs ship SaaS apps faster

Documenting the journey on YouTube and Twitter


2024

2024 was the year coding really started to click for me. I got to be very consistent as I continued building Sponsorship, and started getting a bit of revenue from my sites. Another big accomplishent was finally making SchoolMaker profitable by reducing costs, increasing MRR, and making it one of the best e-learning platforms for creators.

🧱 I'm starting to feel confident in my coding skills, but I left out the marketing side of things in 2024, next year I want to dust off my marketing hat to grow my projects.


2023

I learned how to manage a team, lead, make decisions, be a PM, and got good results for SchoolMaker. Grew my YT job board to 500 users, built a new SaaS MVP in less than a month. I also traveled a bit and met dozens of entrepreneurs in the US and in Thailand.

🧱 A lot of things started to click this year, I started to feel appreciated for the work I put in so far, which makes me want to double down even more in 2024.


2022

Wrote a book, released my first piece of software, started a YouTube channel about SaaS growth, and became the CEO of SchoolMaker at the end of the year.

🧱 Started to apply what I knew to more ambitious projects.


2021

Joined SchoolMaker as the first employee (wearing the designer and marketer hat), finished college, and continued learning how to code. I was also improving regularly by following online courses.

🧱 Building a more solid marketing, design, and coding foundation.


2020

I built foundations in marketing at my startup job, then started working with a YouTuber, doing video editing for him. I built design foundations by building websites for clients, making posters, and I started to learn how to code.

🧱 Started building a marketing, design, and coding foundation.


2019

Got my first startup job in a fintech, tried to build another ecom brand, started to get more interested in SaaS and coding. Started following more and more online courses and learning from the internet.

🧱 Discovered how different the tech industry was from the rest of the world, it felt like home for me, I knew that I wanted to continue working around tech / marketing / design.


2018

Started a clothing brand with friends, had a lot of fun, lost more interest in school, but learning and reading even more, I also finished high school, started college, and got my first job as a salesman.

🧱 Started resenting the traditional school system for how little it prepares you for real life, while still being very pro-education and learning online. I was glad that I had learned how to work with other people, negotiate, and sell on the side.


2017

In high school, I didn't relate to people around me, I escaped by playing video games, reading business books and tried to build my first business.

🧱 Learned that I didn't fit with most people, had a hard time getting good grades, but was still very hungry for succeeding in life, I started having a strong thirst for knowledge, and started having more ambitious goals. I learned how to build sites, how to do paid ads, and started reading business & self improvement books.


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