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I'll take the low road

There seems to be a generally-accepted and expected path to success with a computer science degree. Get good grades, solve crazy interview puzzles, and land a cozy corporate job at a large software company.

But for some people that just sounds absolutely terrible. For some there is a different path: mediocre grades, extremely high curiosity, obsessive focus, startups, ideas...they prefer entering into the abyss with their destiny in their own hands.

That's the path I've embarked on. The low road. And it's led me through many open source projects, decentralized computing, blockchain, zero knowledge, fitting JavaScript and Python interpreters into WebAssembly, traveling the world, and more.

With an increasingly uncertain AI-powered future, what road will you take?

Jordan Last is the CEO of Demergent Labs. He's a rabid open source developer focused on blockchain, decentralized computing, and bringing TypeScript, JavaScript, and Python to a secure-by-default Wasm cloud environment known as the Internet Computer Protocol (ICP). BYU alumni since 2017.