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My entire life is luck. Sometimes I have a moment of appreciation where I realize it fully and laugh to myself maniacally wondering when and how the streak will
by rublev 9y ago
My entire life is luck. Sometimes I have a moment of appreciation where I realize it fully and laugh to myself maniacally wondering when and how the streak will end. I've never attributed much of my success to anything but right place right time. Honestly most people could do my job if they tried, I just happened to meet the right people. I got into my career accidentally. Accidentally met my fiancee. Accidentally met all of my best friends, just on the bus, or at a park or something. Sometimes I think about if I just tweaked any one of those happenstances how it would all fall apart. The thought tickles me greatly.
For example, I heard about crypto because some guy in WoW wanted to buy my character off of me painlessly. He told me to register on btc-e, then I got a bunch of BTC and that was it. 5 years later I hear about crypto again, remembered those coins, and boom, life changed. All because I was in some virtual world at 3am on a Thursday trying to sell off my WoW character for beer money for the next day.
- senatorobama 9y agoWhat's your net worth?
- rublev 9y agoEnough to not work and day trade (lose) shit coins all day. On the other hand life is sort of pointless now. Trying to avoid the hedonic treadmill. I'm not rich, I can just pay my rent for a decade and a half before really having to dip into savings.
- mirimir 9y agoThat's a great story :) Mine is the opposite :( I mined about 500 Bitcoin in mid 2010. But I got paranoid about the lack of anonymity, so I sold them, for maybe $0.06 each. So it goes.
- rublev 9y agoDoes the thought sometimes hit you like a pile of bricks when you're sitting at work? Damn.
- mirimir 9y agoNo, not really. Stuff happens. And I've been pretty lucky about finding ways to get paid for doing stuff that I might otherwise have done for fun. And mostly as a consultant, with very little structure. Now I just work anonymously for Bitcoin. But anyway, I would have probably have sold it at the ~$1K peak, and the money would all be gone by now ;)
- ALee 9y agoCongratulations! Outside of the hedonic or material treadmill, I strongly suggest you do something that you honestly enjoy for your community or for a cause you believe in. Lots of studies show that if you "give back" (in a way that you trust makes a real impact), you will lead a more fulfilling life. Also, it's fun to get back to trying to solve problems :D
- foota 9y agoWanna buy me a lottery ticket?
- rublev 9y agoI feel like that's the final straw that will break my streak. Don't want to overplay my hand :P
- forgotpw1123 9y agoholy shit
- petraeus 9y agoborn a privileged white male im guessing?