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.

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. Get a girlfriend
5. 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
6. Become famous so I can meet my heroes and work with them. Essentially dm them and they will always answer back
7. Have a close circle of friends where I admire everyone in that circle
8. Be physically fit (six pack)
9. 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.
10. Intern at Tesla
    • Did that, but not on autopilot team
11. Work at a quant firm and understand what the wolf of wall street is like (pending done)
12. Work at SpaceX
13. Live in China for at least 3 months
14. Travel the world to compete in cool technology competitions (f1, drone racing, etc.)
15. Become a Private Pilot
    • i was glider pilot but that doesn’t count
16. Work on the Apple Vision Pro
17. Become the #1 in the world at something
18. Change the world with a breakthrough invention
19. Buy a porshe 911
20. Hike half-dome in yosemite (done in 2025)
21. Learn to drive manual
22. Flash v4 for climbing?
23. Have $1 million in the bank
24. Shoot under 80 for golf
    1. Currently shooting like 100
25. Master a new language
26. Get married
27. Have kids
28. Run a marathon
    1. I ran a half-marathon twice
29. Do crossfit
30. Do hyrox
31. Run side business that makes 100k
32. Become a profitable poker player

Intellectual side quests: 27. Geo build: flags + outlines + capitals + writing systems + Geoguessr 28. Travel build: airports + airlines + currencies + transit maps 29. Memorize Deck of Cards in under 5 minutes - i can do it in 50 mins 30. 1000 digits of pi 31. 2 number digit multiplication super fast