--- title: this is how many projects @steipete created before... description: A tweet highlighting that developer @steipete built and shipped 43 solo personal projects before creating OpenClaw and getting hired by OpenAI, emphasizing the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/this-is-how-many-projects-steipete-created-before-making-openclaw-and-get-hired-by-openai-it-s-43--2s3s6nh9m twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: this is how many projects @steipete created before making OpenClaw and get hired by OpenAI. it’s 43 projects. but the crazy part for me isn’t the fact that he worked on 43 projects. it’s that he actually solo-built and finished 43 personal projects. how’s that even possible. https://t.co/zTS8AaKzG5 | daily.dev og:description: A tweet highlighting that developer @steipete built and shipped 43 solo personal projects before creating OpenClaw and getting hired by OpenAI, emphasizing the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/this-is-how-many-projects-steipete-created-before-making-openclaw-and-get-hired-by-openai-it-s-43--2s3s6nh9m og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/2s3s6Nh9m.png og:image:alt: this is how many projects @steipete created before making OpenClaw and get hired by OpenAI. it’s 43 projects. but the crazy part for me isn’t the fact that he worked on 43 projects. it’s that he actually solo-built and finished 43 personal projects. how’s that even possible. https://t.co/zTS8AaKzG5 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- [ℏεsam](https://daily.dev/sources/hesamation) [Read on](https://api.daily.dev/r/2s3s6Nh9m) Feb 20 • From x.com  ℏεsam @hesamation this is how many projects @steipete created before making OpenClaw and get hired by OpenAI. it’s 43 projects. but the crazy part for me isn’t the fact that he worked on 43 projects. it’s that he actually solo-built and finished 43 personal projects. how’s that even possible. https://t.co/zTS8AaKzG5  Comment Bookmark Copy Share your thoughts Post [](https://daily.dev/sources/hesamation) [ℏεsam](https://daily.dev/sources/hesamation "https://daily.dev/sources/hesamation") 1 Followers • 8 Upvotes #### Would you recommend this post? 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