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Why we picked it Dixon argues that the hobbies smart engineers pour weekends into today become mainstream work in ten years, because engineers vote with their time on what is interesting before it is profitable. It hands you a concrete leading indicator for real trends: watch where technical people spend unpaid effort. This signal sits upstream of hype and funding.

What the Smartest People Do on the Weekend Is What Everyone Else Will Do During the Week in Ten Years

From cdixon.org (Chris Dixon) by Chris Dixon ~4 min read

  • Watch what technical people build for fun, not what markets are funding yet.
  • Unpaid passion projects are an early signal, money follows later.
  • Many breakthroughs began as dismissed weekend hobbies.
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Answers How do I tell the difference between a real trend and a passing fad? Where do I look to find emerging opportunities before they're obvious? I keep spotting good trends too late, after they're already crowded. How do I get earlier signal? Is it smarter to ride a trend that's clearly rising, or to bet on a trend that hasn't started yet? How do I catch a rising trend early when I'm building outside the big startup hubs and not in the room where these conversations happen? How do I build a habit or system for spotting trends instead of relying on random luck? I'm still a student. How do I use my age and campus as an advantage for spotting the next trend?
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