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What’s the purpose of an article like this if the author starts with a list of decisions which lead to his success, but then immediately follows with “my journe
by dymk 5y ago
What’s the purpose of an article like this if the author starts with a list of decisions which lead to his success, but then immediately follows with “my journey was 99% luck and 1% planets alignment”?
The article is clearly supposed to be a “how-to” of sorts, but then goes and muddies it’s messaging with that second part. The list of things to do isn’t really useful then, is it?
- picture 5y ago> I was born in a developed country in the 80s (Italy), with access to fresh water, very good carbohydrates and a decent education system. This seem like a pretty hard to follow "how-to"
- unpolloloco 5y agoGiven that 80% of the world doesn't have that, yeah. But for that 20%, the author's path isn't entirely unreasonable (if a bit quick). Make $$$, spend $, invest $$. it requires living somewhere other than CA and probably not having kids, but if you can make those sacrifices and can play the software engineer game, it's more a matter of math working out than it is an unreasonable path.
- jaclaz 5y agoJFYI, an old Italian proverb/saying: Fare i conti spesso, moderar le voglie, spender men di quel che si raccoglie. That roughly translates to: Do the (financial) math often, limit your cravings, spend less than you can gather.
- 4g 5y agoThe feeling I get from reading the article is that the author felt the need to apologize because of the current social climate, and not for some real reason. He wasn't born into a rich family and inherited wealth, he simply studied, worked, spent less than he made and invested the difference. The apology basically boils down to being born in a relatively okay country and being smart.