buildspace nights and weekends s5 irl: part 1/? (day 0-3)
hello world!! i'm currently writing this in the oakland airport waiting for my layover that is 45 mins late 🫡 hope I make my layover
(update from 9:15 where i'm missing my layover lol :p)
back to the content!!
i wanted to write about how s5 irl went for me because it was super fun and i miss it and sf already :(
day 1 (technically day 0)!
woke up at 4:50am to catch a 8am flight out of charlotte.
tried to download a movie but airport wifi sucked, used my hotspot, and used up all my data there (not like it mattered – wifi sucked lol) flight goes fine, no problems, we land in las vegas for our first layover! first thing i see off the gate – slot machines!
such a weird thing to see and think about – like yes, las vegas IS the home of casinos and gambling and everything but right off the plane, do most people go “oh i think im gonna gamble!” (???? freaky)
i read somewhere a while back that they rig the machines at the airport a higher percentage so people come back and play more and lose MORE money so thats interesting
anyways! we get lunch, get on the flight to oakland (did i mention we were flying spirit?), and i send in the whatsapp if anyone else is on the flight. people were!
that was fun! we took the train back to san francisco then went to the specific hotels we were staying at.
i wanted to stop by buildspace hq and at least take a picture with the sign (which i did) when i noticed a group of people by the venue thinking it was other buildspace people seeing if they could get in early lol. little did i know it was the actual buildspace crew! the team and crew pass ppl were there so that was fun lol.
can u spot me?
oh yeah,
did i mention our hotel room only had one bed?
gn day 0, hello day 1!
(actually) day 1
i met some really cool people in line, two identical twins, jack and sam!
jack's instagram sam's instagram
i thought they were super cool! first people i met in line and we were pretty good friends over the last 3 days. definitely check them out!
okay, cool! so we got in, got out our notebooks and pens, and kickoff started! this was my goal sheet:
5 preorders in 3 days, and finsih my software side work that i needed to do. did i do it? (nope! not even close but thats okay!) read on to find out ;-p
day 2 – the working day
day 2 i really locked in lol. i finished the software i needed, ended up buying a keyboard because my stuff wasnt working, and met a bunch of new people.
speaking of meeting new people, i think its funny how almost every day i feel like im gonna lose my voice, and the next morning i wake up fine lol. who knows maybe im magic or my years of meeting people helped me.
so, i got stuff done, i got a \$20 burrito for lunch from a food truck (maybe worth \$15, good burrito!), and i played soccer for like the second time in my life. there was an amazing sunset, it was so beautiful
i got this cool picture of my goal sheet in my house color (spectreseek ftw)
oh yeah, i was in a music video too lol.
can you spot me?
day 3 (demo day!!)
day 3 was super fun, and super sad too.
it was so fun meeting everyone and knowing what they were working on and all that, and it's sad that it has to be over.
i met so many cool people and saw so many cool things, it was so fun and i will miss it so much.
below's basically a big photo dump, let's hope it looks good
did i end up hitting my goal? no. did i have fun? yes, and i think that's important too :)
i can't mention you all, but here's the ones that i can: chinyere, with safespace_itmatters esther, just being a homie dennis, building an ai therapist filippo, building tella natalia, building mappi app alec, working @ buildspace + preordered! farza, buildspace + preordered!!
and more!! you guys are so cool and so talented and weird in your own ways (farza's words not mine lol) for being a part of this thing. miss yall sm already and hope to stay in touch
signing off for now (my flight's finally boarding two hours later)
-quint