List 100

Inspired from Chip Huyen.

Things I want to do before I Die. https://huyenchip.com/list-100/

Cool things that I need to build:

• Be karpathy like, record videos and get known for those videos (i am already starting that, but not doubling down necessarily on quality)
• Host cool events
  • https://x.com/jennsun/status/1941916788692013090

Robot fighting entertainment is cool, but that ain’t changing the world.

Main list

1. 100k subs on youtube
2. Becoming the best engineer in the world
   1. Focused quite broadly on electrical and mechanical in first year. However, really started focusing on robotics in second year.
3. Become the best researcher in the world
4. Be really good at salsa
5. Get a girlfriend
6. Meet my heroes and work with them (though I don’t know if we would have interesting conversation, because it would be very technical talk, I think I would want to collaborate with them)
   • Meet with the YouTubers I Watched
   • Andrej Karpathy
   • Elon Musk
7. Become famous so I can meet my heroes and work with them. Essentially dm them and they will always answer back

8. [x] Meditation retreat so that I can get them

9. Have a close circle of friends where I admire everyone in that circle
10. Spend a month at a retreat and figure out the meaning of life. Figure out if religion is a myth or not. I don’t understand how so many people can just believe in a religion specifically.
11. Intern at Tesla
    • Did that, but not on autopilot team
12. Work at a quant firm and understand what the wolf of wall street is like
    • Worked at Jane Street, not reall
13. Work at SpaceX
14. Live in China for at least 3 months
15. Travel the world to compete in cool technology competitions (f1, drone racing, etc.)
16. Become a Private Pilot
    • ish? i was a glider pilot
17. Work on the Apple Vision Pro
    • unfortunately don’t think this is happening
18. Become the #1 in the world at something
19. Change the world with a breakthrough invention
20. Buy a porsche 911
21. Hike half-dome in yosemite (done in 2025)
22. Learn to drive manual
    1. Master driving rev matching. There’s level to this

• Race a miata at a f1 track

1. Have $1 million in the bank (I should not confirm this)
2. Run side business that makes 100k
3. Become a profitable poker player
4. Get married
5. Have kids
6. Speak french in africa

Intellectual side quests

• Master a new language
• Know all the flags in the world
• Know all the capitals in the world
• Know all the currencies in the world
• reach 2000 on chess.com
• Reach 1800 on codeforces
• Play chess blindfolded
  1. Im like halfway there
• Memorize Deck of Cards in under 5 minutes
  • i can do it in 15 mins
• 1000 digits of pi
• 2 number digit multiplication super fas
• Rubiks cube under 15 seconds

Physical/sports side quests

• Get really good at carving for skiing (getting there)
• Get really good at salsa
• Get good at dancing
• Learn how to dougie
  • pending complete
• Shoot under 80 for golf
  1. Currently shooting like 100
• Get a six pack
• Be able to climb a v4 for bouldering
• Bench 225lbs
• Do crossfit
• Do hyrox
• Run a marathon
  1. ran a half-marathon twice