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Garry Tan@garrytan

Why YouTube? I want to try to lift all the boats and the be the magnet that creates a lot more wealth. That's what @paulg's essays did for me. I was a software engineer and knew nothing. His work opened my mind and opened doors I didn't even knew existed.

659 likes23 repliesPosted Apr 14, 2021

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Written from experience rather than as advice, which is harder to argue with.
Short enough to read in full without expanding, which removes a step before the point lands.
Short sentences keep the pace up, so the reader never has to re-read a line.

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Hook: Plain observation
Structure: Hook → Landing
Style: Conversational paragraphs at a steady pace.
Tone: personal
Written for: Engineers and technical teams

Analysis by ViralLoop — not written by the original author.

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