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Wish I could downvote this twice. This post builds on the Hollywood portrayal that’s widespread and assumes what’s fun and fulfilling is basically beer, weed, a
by mehrdada 9y ago
Wish I could downvote this twice.
This post builds on the Hollywood portrayal that’s widespread and assumes what’s fun and fulfilling is basically beer, weed, and recklessly driving, etc.
I assume if a 17 year old finds doing these all the time fun enough, they would not need any helpful advice in execution.
To the OP: if you don’t like becoming an average older person, avoid following average older people’s advice. Think for yourself.
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- confounded 9y agoAnd do what?
- mehrdada 9y agoYou can’t outsource the CEO role of your life. You need to figure out who you want to be yourself and execute accordingly. And there is compounding impacts for seemingly trivial decisions you make at 17. They are more important, not less, than the future decisions on that factor. Also, I hate to point out that 17 isn’t that young. That some people in the thread are so underestimating of 17-year-old capabilities is disappointing.
- confounded 9y ago> You can’t outsource the CEO role of your life They really need to make Alan Partridge does Silicon Valley.
- jmkni 9y agoI completely agree, sometimes younger people are just eager to grow up and get to work. This was definitely my mindset at 17 (and today).
- lordCarbonFiber 9y agoI think the idea is to use the flexibility of youth to build social connections rather than academic ones. The code you did in high school, or even college, won't (typically) get you a job nor a fulfilling life; the friends you make (typically) will. This profession, more than any other I think, can allow you to disappear from society chasing knowledge for its own sake and it's pretty easy to wind up 30 with a fat stack of cash and glowing career but no friends, no family and no way to efficiently bootstrap any change.