AI stole my job (and how I’m using it get it back)
AI has hit me hard. The latest punch in my face was getting laid off last Thursday, and this hurt. A lot.
Many anxious thoughts are running in my head right now with the looming uncertainty come end March, and it couldn’t come at a worse time:
The algo has completely wiped out my reach on this account
I’m questioning the type of audience I’m attracting
Airdrops have become such depressing events
The account that I’ve worked on since 2023 on the side was meant to give me a tool for freedom, but it’s far from that now.
Since the end of 2025, I’ve started to seriously question why I’m still here, when airdrops have become toxic, and crypto is completely falling off a cliff thanks to AI.
AI has become the major disruptor of everything. The era of hard work is dead. Anything that can be easily replicated is now a commodity.
Where then do you and I fit inside this new normal?
The anxiety only gets worse now because I have no job left after March, but it could be my biggest opportunity yet:
You have every right to fear AI (but you don’t need to)
I’m writing this down for everyone who is scared of AI replacing their jobs, because I’m exactly where you are right now.
AI will come for you, but only if you are replaceable.
I was exactly that at my job. I was excellent at following orders and executing tasks, but had zero agency. I struggled to come up with ideas that could lead to exponential results, preferring the safe routes because of the fear of failure.
But it’s exactly because of this inaction that cost me my job.
Anyone who’s just a follower and a doer (like I was) would not be of much value to a company, when they could just use AI to complete those tasks (with faster and better results).
This was something I saw in airdrops too.
Back during the Arbitrum era, there were tons of farming services that helped you automate transactions for LayerZero and ZKsync, which were ultimately filtered out or were just not eligible.
https://x.com/cedehub/status/2026333763400024529
Any low-value task is one that is easily replicated, and will not be eligible for rewards.
Which is why testnets no longer make any sense since there is zero risk or upfront costs.
But even with all this doom and gloom, AI is not your enemy.
I spent too long fearing AI or belittling it, but I finally saw what role it should play in my life:
AI is your amplifier
One of my key goals during my post-surgery recovery was to learn about AI. And I’m so relieved that I put in all that time to become more familiar with it.
In the past, I thought that AI wasn’t that big of a risk. But over the past few months, the cycle of new model releases has become shorter with the tech accelerating at a crazy pace.
And as usual, the fear-mongering has become so intense online, with everyone pressuring you to escape the permanent underclass before it’s too late.
But anyone can say anything without any repercussions here. There are too many accounts that make over-sensationalised claims about the returns that AI gave them, when most are fake or are blatant lies.
The only signals that you should trust are the actions that you did yourself. You know the real results because you experienced it yourself, and that guides you on what works and what doesn’t.
https://x.com/fipcrypto/status/2026642850604282212
With this principle, I focused on doing rather than watching yet another vibe coding lesson that likely won’t motivate me enough to start. Over the past 7 weeks, I tried and failed many times before building these out:
A full content system to expand 1 idea into multiple pieces of content across different platforms
A vibe-coded site for @ethos_network’s Vibeathon that lists both onchain and social metrics for a protocol
A full-fledged documentation on @mintlify with nice formatting that I’d never have done myself (because of all the coding that I know nothing about)
https://x.com/fipcrypto/status/2027549069393244220
After spending days organising and consolidating my life, I now have a full-fledged Digital Brain that runs (almost) my entire digital life, doing all the boring tasks that I hate.
I was inspired by the content libraries that @Zeneca and @yannisDeFi were building out, and I built mine out with Obsidian and Claude Code.
https://x.com/fipcrypto/status/2027549084836630625
These experiences taught me that functionality matters more than the aesthetic, the product needs to work and solve the problem.
In my case, I decided not to build out a UI for my library and chose to use Obsidian in the plain Markdown format instead.
And after seeing @AzFlin’s wallet tracker, it finally clicked for me that I could expand my use for AI and go onchain.
https://x.com/fipcrypto/status/2026461906542932386
There are so many possibilities that I can build right now:
A recursive learning trading bot that helps me profit from perp DEXes (instead of blindly farming them)
Integrating both onchain (do) and social (post) in one unified system
A ‘judgment’ protocol that learns from my past results in airdrops to suggest high-ROI ones to target
Through this entire period, I’ve learnt that AI is just a tool for you. Those who can master it are the ones who understand this:
You need a 3R System to be successful with AI
I’ve been reading @thedankoe’s content even before he blew up on CT.
My Signal Creator Challenge was heavily inspired by him too.
And one of the key things that I learned from him:
AI works best if you create a system and get it to execute tasks for you (which was exactly what I was doing for my job).
You become its manager, giving it the outcome you want to achieve and the steps to achieve that goal. It knows your direction, and will do the brute work for you.
But if you don’t give it enough context or are unclear of the goal that you want to achieve, the results will be average.
Once you start thinking of everything in systems and atomic tasks, you can find ways to insert AI inside that workflow.
Something as simple as mass unscheduling tweets from @typefully can be done with just one prompt.
https://x.com/fipcrypto/status/2028003312264749107
You don’t even need to know coding (like me), all I did was give the model the API documentation and my keys, and it executed that task right away.
When it would have taken me at least 20 minutes to unschedule all of them manually.
So I’ve learnt that we need to build 3R systems to maximise our returns with AI:
Repeatable: The system works across different contexts and situations with a clear workflow that can be adapted to new circumstances
Recursive: AI consistently learns from your results (both wins and failures) and improves the system over time
Reputable: The system that works for you becomes your IP when it gets used by others to achieve the same outcomes as you
Once you build out this 3R system for a task, it continuously compounds with AI amplifying your actions.
How I plan on getting my job back with AI
The pressure is real for me because I now have additional financial commitments to manage. Everything was fine with my full-time job, but it’s now changed.
There are 3 routes that I see myself going in:
Another full-time job
Freelancing for clients
Going full-time with my personal brand
With my newfound experience in building with AI, I have many ideas on saving time on all the repetitive tasks that I hate doing for these 3 routes(especially for job applications and resume updates).
I may even explore a hybrid by choosing to go for both freelancing and full-time just to tide things through.
I’m both scared and excited at this uncertainty because the stakes are high, and it’ll be a big challenge. But I’m taking a big long on myself (like what @icobeast said some time back) and it will eventually pull off (or I’ll make it happen).
https://x.com/icobeast/status/1916518862767395121
So throughout the next month, I’ll share more on how I integrate AI to build out solutions to the problems that I face.
And hopefully, that inspires you to take action along with me:
You don’t have to fear AI
Yes, I’ve become yet another account that talks about AI. Just like many other CT accounts that have pivoted since it gets the most clicks and eyeballs right now.
But I’m not forgetting my roots, and want to explore how I can use AI to compound my onchain and social reputation.
I’m sure many of you are in the same boat as I was in before. A recent poll in my Telegram channel showed that many are keen on learning how to implement AI into their workflows.
I’m grateful for this 7-week break that gave me the time to explore and fail to understand how to use AI effectively, even as a non-coder.
It has been an enlightening experience for me, and I want to help you achieve the same too.
So that’s why I’m building out Signal Compounder, a system that helps you build repeatable workflows that compound your social and onchain reputation over time.
Let me know how I can help you byfilling out this form.