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That's ridiculous. Your life would be better without those hardships. You don't know that forgoing those hardships would leave you with other, more difficult ha

That's ridiculous. Your life would be better without those hardships. You don't know that forgoing those hardships would leave you with other, more difficult hardships; and in any case, if you went without the hardships that limited your access to school you'd be making more money and could deal with your new problems with money. You've been brainwashed and deluded into accepting mediocrity.

corodra 7y ago
I co-own a security firm with a friend and this past year we've been getting infrastructure projects. I hire people with college degrees and most of them have crippling student debt. Debt I dont have. You got a lot of resentment in you and you need to stop thinking there are guarantees in life for someone. There isn't. The idea that theres a path made of velvet and lined with roses that offers you everything in the world is the brainwashed concept. A person's character is built and forged through how they approach and deal with hardships. You can define yourself by being knocked down and staying down or defined by getting back up. I say this in hopes that someone reading this who's in a shit situation, like me about a decade ago, doesn't give up hope on themselves. A silly expensive piece of paper doesn't grant access for shit anymore. Except for crippling debt. It gives you access to crippling debt.
- jigglesniggle 7y ago
  Your security firm would likely be doing better if you had a degree. Even if you-with-degree had not gone the same route you would be doing something different but for more money. The average effect of a degree is an increased income even accounting for debt. There is no guarantee in life. But what you are doing is trying to dissuade me from pursuing fairness. Imagine saying what you are saying to civil rights protesters in the 60s. Do you really think it would fly? "Accept the status quo and don't try to change it! Just succeed despite it." That is insane. If the odds are against you change them, through violence if necessary.
dang 7y ago
We've banned this account because, although new, it has already managed to violate the site guidelines repeatedly. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and email hn@ycombinator.com with reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future.

corodra 7y ago

I co-own a security firm with a friend and this past year we've been getting infrastructure projects. I hire people with college degrees and most of them have crippling student debt. Debt I dont have. You got a lot of resentment in you and you need to stop thinking there are guarantees in life for someone. There isn't. The idea that theres a path made of velvet and lined with roses that offers you everything in the world is the brainwashed concept. A person's character is built and forged through how they approach and deal with hardships. You can define yourself by being knocked down and staying down or defined by getting back up. I say this in hopes that someone reading this who's in a shit situation, like me about a decade ago, doesn't give up hope on themselves. A silly expensive piece of paper doesn't grant access for shit anymore. Except for crippling debt. It gives you access to crippling debt.

jigglesniggle 7y ago
Your security firm would likely be doing better if you had a degree. Even if you-with-degree had not gone the same route you would be doing something different but for more money. The average effect of a degree is an increased income even accounting for debt. There is no guarantee in life. But what you are doing is trying to dissuade me from pursuing fairness. Imagine saying what you are saying to civil rights protesters in the 60s. Do you really think it would fly? "Accept the status quo and don't try to change it! Just succeed despite it." That is insane. If the odds are against you change them, through violence if necessary.

dang 7y ago

We've banned this account because, although new, it has already managed to violate the site guidelines repeatedly. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and email hn@ycombinator.com with reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future.