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GianIsAlive

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The post sounds a bit emotionally charged... I've met people who can code and optimize SGD from scratch, but never wrote linked list more than once or twice in their life. I've also met people who are so proud of their algorithm and data structure knowledge, they tried to use it everywhere, like connecting instances in a linked list, which killed efficiency. If anyone self taught is reading this, don't be discouraged, keep learning and you'll get there, some of the best developers I know were self taught.

What do you want to learn? Try top down approach. Meaning if you want to build electronics, start broad, get Arduino, run sample code, get it to do things, then dive into details only if it's necessary. In my opinion, it's useless to memorize bunch of equations, it doesn't come up as often as you think, and eventually you'll forget about them. Don't get discouraged, feel free to email me for more tips. I also write about my learning process in case it helps anyone: https://sayingless.substack.com

I imagine the process is like any acquisition. From what I've seen so far, basic things people look for: 1. Business Registration (LLC, B corp, C corp, etc) 2. PnL for past 5 years 3. Tax statements 4. Banking statements 5. Inspect codebase, database, and cloud infra.

Also I'm surprised that you'd ask it here. Considering you're about to drop $250k, I imagine you'd hire a lawyer to look over everything.