Tom Dean

"Explain how you're earning money from the PC again" — Mum
Tom Dean alseep on a bed after a late night working as a teenager

Circa 2010s, captured by my mum after another all-nighter working on PST while living in the UK.

ABOUT ME

I grew up in a village of <5000 people in rural England.

You were either good at football (soccer) or found something else to do. If you can't already tell, I spent the majority of my time inside on my Mum's computer.

After learning to communicate from using the internet, I've felt spiritually American since I first logged on and my brain absorbed max Americana instantly.

Every job or investment I've ever gotten has come through Twitter. I had 0 connections or guidance and it gave me everything. Never stop posting, anon.

Twitter is also where I discovered the three catalysts that got me into tech; crypto, 'OG' usernames, and sneaker botting.

Dropping out of highschool to go full-time in tech was the best decision I ever made, as I now live in the USA on an O1 visa. Please remember to bet on yourself.

My work consists of speaking in a chronically-online dialect to other chronically-online folk on Twitter and similar platforms. You'd call this Marketing and Communications in trad industries.

I'm particularly interested in crypto commerce, decentralized social, and onchain analytics. You can find me taking long walks at night, wild swimming, or more likely in front of my monitor.

CONTACT

If you grew up in a rural/poor area and want to get into tech, email tom at drawl dot me. If you just want to chat, a DM on any of these platforms will do: