Challenging R&D tasks (some were never solved before)
Direct impact, full ownership & responsibility
Add meaningful value
See results of your work
Good case for your portfolio, CV, reputation, personal brand
Opportunity to work remotely with various contributors of CTRL on real-life tasks in safe “sandbox playground”:
----- Experiment ----- Make mistakes ----- “Battle-test” who to cooperate with in long-term ----- Find cofounders / employees / employers among contributors ----- Build relationships & grow “social capital”
{tip} Event admins can cover various expenses for open-source contributors: accommodation, event ticket, flights, meals
{tip} Ask event admins for scholarship / discount in advance in a smart way even if financial support options were not announced
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Plastic card is ordered remotely, delivered to you, managed via mob app
June 2025. Hacker-house (coliving + coworking) organized by CTRL during ETHBelgrade
Build habits via tiny steps with science-based assistant
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Benefits:
- Fall asleep easier & faster - Get more deep sleep - Wake up easier in the morning - Feel better after waking up - Become more productive & energetic during the day
CTRL covers 80% of the course price
Covers most countries globally
{in progress}
{Immanuel Kant} “Smth to do, smb to love, smth to hope for” - to have a good life
{Mahatma Gandhi} “Happiness is when what you think, say and do are in harmony”
{Naval} “Accept” - mantra word I repeat to myself most frequently”
{Theodore Roosevelt} “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are”
{Nassim Taleb} “If smth is boring, avoid it, because your biology is the best nonsense detector; use it to navigate your life”
{René Descartes} “Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it”
{Rumi} “As you start to walk out on the way, the way appears”
{Napoleon Hill} “If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way”
{Beverly Sills} “There are no shortcuts to any place worth going”
{Woody Allen} “80 percent of success is showing up”
{R.L. Stevenson} “Judge each day by the seeds you’ve planted, not by the harvest you reap”
{Warren Buffet} “I learned to go into business only with people whom I like, trust, and admire”
{Michael Moritz} “Follow your instinct” - my N1 mantra in life”
{Ben Franklin} “Perform with courage what’s necessary, no exceptions”
{Warren Buffet} “The fastest way to do the things you think can not be done, is to hang around people already doing them. Choose your environment very, very seriously & wisely”
{Ray Dalio} “Go to pain & discomfort rather than avoid them”
{Peter Thiel} “Aim to work together with people who you want to have life-long relationships. Otherwise you are poorly investing your time - N1 valuable asset”
{Ray Dalio} “The key is to fail, learn & improve quickly. The faster you adapt - the better”
{Ray Dalio} “Become an imperfectionist. Perfectionists spend too much time on little differences at the expense of the important things”
{Dalai Lama} “Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful luck”
{Jordan Peterson} “Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today”
{Martin L. King} “You don't have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step”
{Lee Kuan Yew} “Determination creates a huge internal drive & focus. People feel if you are determined or not”
{Doris Lessing} “Whatever you're meant to do - try to do it now. The conditions are always impossible”
{Charlie Munger} “Face your big troubles. Do not sweep them under the rug”
{Esther Duflor} “Spend more time "in the field”. It’s only through this exposure you can learn how wrong most of your intuitions & preconceptions are”
{Paulo Coelho} “Path of wisdom means taking risks & not being afraid to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat & despair - tools used to show us the way”
{Charlie Munger} “To get what you want - deserve it”
“Environment always trumps your intentions & power of will”