(IJCH) Quick Quote to Ponder - "Picks and Shovels"
(IJCH) Quick Quote to Ponder - "Picks and Shovels"
IJCH - Inside JaiChai's Head (Meaning: My Warped, Personal Opinions and Musings)
From the Author:
Salutations.
I am JaiChai.
And if I haven't had the pleasure of meeting you before, I'm delighted to make your acquaintance now.
I invite you to interact with everyone, learn, and have as much fun as possible!
For my returning online friends, "It's always great to see you again!"
Quick Quote to Ponder - "Picks and Shovels"
"The MEMS companies of today are like the California 'Pick-N-Shovel' companies during the Gold Rush of the mid 1800's!" - Jaichai
If you are not familiar with MEMS, here's a couple articles to get you acquainted with this necessary component of all modern technology:
"(IJCH) The Wonderful World of MEMS - Introduction
Article link:
https://steemit.com/technology/@jaichai/ijch-the-wonderful-world-of-mems-introduction
And:
"(IJCH) Those Wonderful Toys! - How? (Answer: MEMS)"
Article link:
https://steemit.com/technology/@jaichai/ijch-those-wonderful-toys-how-answer-mems
Parting Shot
By JaiChai
Mighty Kind of You for stopping by.
Truly hope to see you again!
About the Author
Believing that school was too boring, he dropped out of High School early; only to earn an AA, BS and MBA in less than 4 years much later in life – while working full-time as a Navy/Marine Corps Medic.
In spite of a fear of heights and deep water, he performed high altitude, free-fall parachute jumps and hazardous diving ops in deep, open ocean water.
After 24 years of active duty, he retired in Asia.
Since then, he's been a full-time, single papa and actively pursuing his varied passions (Writing, Disruptive Technology, Computer Science and Cryptocurrency - plus more hobbies too boring or bizarre for most folk).
He lives on an island paradise with his teenage daughter, longtime girlfriend and three dogs.
Thank you for sharing. In my mind, picks and shovels remind me of the hammer and sickle (or pen in North Korea), and I couldn't help but think of Totalitarian communist regimes.
Interesting. Why was that your first impression?
Thank you for taking the time to comment.
Namaste, JaiChai
School is indeed boring and usually meaningless as well. Glad to see you've found your way through though. You should empower your daughter choose other ways, even though it's not the same as majority follow. Where majority goes, it's usually not good for the individual. :)
Through osmosis - not by any nudging by me, my daughter has incorporated many of my contrarian thinking and behavior.
It's absolutely wonderful to see her explore things with the same curiosity and love for learning that I still do.
My only job is to provide an environment sans the pressure and constraints I had to tolerate at her age.
Thanks for visiting and commenting.
Namaste, JaiChai
That sounds like good parenting the way i see it and, i can not say the same about many others that i see around.
Since you're already doing it, let me ask you: how or in what ways did she got to that point to become that way? I'm asking as i'd like that my future child to have the same curiosity and contrarian thinking, but i want to come not from me nudging, but rather as a natural thing.
And is okay, i'm genuinely reading and commenting, is my pleasure. Thank you
Simple. If your child asks why and you don't know the answer, search together for it. And if you don't know something, never forget that you're allowed to ask her why too (whether you think she knows the answer or not). Those two "simple" things lead to so much more...
Namaste, Jaichai
So simple yet so profound.. Thank you @jaichai :^ .
Nice story 🤘
Very impressive post...
Really enjoy this...
Thanks dear friend @jaichai
Glad you liked it.
Thanks for commenting.
Namaste, JaiChai
Thank you for the kind praise.
Namaste, JaiChai
Images quots it all.@jaichai you always take a mind round.
Ha, that is a comparison that is often drawn with crypto vs exchanges, the people getting rich are not the ones doing the dirty work... it is the suppliers of the tools!