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Amjad Masad

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2535 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

The a16z Show
Replit's CEO on Vibe Coding, Wealth Building, and What Most People Get Wrong About AI

Yeah, we'd have excess cash at some point.

The a16z Show
Replit's CEO on Vibe Coding, Wealth Building, and What Most People Get Wrong About AI

Like,

The a16z Show
Replit's CEO on Vibe Coding, Wealth Building, and What Most People Get Wrong About AI

It's a lot more fun later in life to like pulling a six-figure salary.

The a16z Show
Replit's CEO on Vibe Coding, Wealth Building, and What Most People Get Wrong About AI

Like you're not going to, it's not an exciting life.

The a16z Show
Replit's CEO on Vibe Coding, Wealth Building, and What Most People Get Wrong About AI

I think having wealth is a lot more.

The a16z Show
Replit's CEO on Vibe Coding, Wealth Building, and What Most People Get Wrong About AI

Like just the calmness on your nervous system that you've escaped the rat race, that itself is worth it.

The a16z Show
Replit's CEO on Vibe Coding, Wealth Building, and What Most People Get Wrong About AI

And so, I don't know, I've never, like, yeah, I've went out and partied and experienced all of that.

The a16z Show
Replit's CEO on Vibe Coding, Wealth Building, and What Most People Get Wrong About AI

And you can do that with not a lot of money.

The a16z Show
Replit's CEO on Vibe Coding, Wealth Building, and What Most People Get Wrong About AI

Back in Jordan, we used to, like, drive to Beirut and, like, go clubbing for, like, you know, 20 bucks.

The a16z Show
Replit's CEO on Vibe Coding, Wealth Building, and What Most People Get Wrong About AI

You know, it's like, you can have fun with not that much money.

The a16z Show
Replit's CEO on Vibe Coding, Wealth Building, and What Most People Get Wrong About AI

But then there's, like, a huge dead zone in terms of, like, how much...

The a16z Show
Replit's CEO on Vibe Coding, Wealth Building, and What Most People Get Wrong About AI

quality of life and how much hedonism or fun if that's what you're interested in up until you get to upper echelon of wealth like there isn't that much difference between like a student going out like some of the best fun you could do just like going out to clubs or traveling or whatever going to low income places and like having fun there um

The a16z Show
Replit's CEO on Vibe Coding, Wealth Building, and What Most People Get Wrong About AI

And then it's not that much better when you're pulling, you know, a few hundred grand a year.

The a16z Show
Replit's CEO on Vibe Coding, Wealth Building, and What Most People Get Wrong About AI

It's like you're kind of stuck at that point.

The a16z Show
Replit's CEO on Vibe Coding, Wealth Building, and What Most People Get Wrong About AI

But what you want to focus on is building enough equity and up until to the point where you're just like starting to build a family because that's when you're going to have to like sell down a little bit.

The a16z Show
Replit's CEO on Vibe Coding, Wealth Building, and What Most People Get Wrong About AI

You're not going to have as much time and so on and so forth.

The a16z Show
Replit's CEO on Vibe Coding, Wealth Building, and What Most People Get Wrong About AI

So I would just like focus on building equity.

The a16z Show
Replit's CEO on Vibe Coding, Wealth Building, and What Most People Get Wrong About AI

That's super helpful.

The a16z Show
Replit's CEO on Vibe Coding, Wealth Building, and What Most People Get Wrong About AI

Money is... Money, like cash, like dollars, are worthless.

The a16z Show
Replit's CEO on Vibe Coding, Wealth Building, and What Most People Get Wrong About AI

They are depreciate... Fast depreciating assets.