> Luck is probably a bigger component of most successes and no one seems to know everything for sure. All what someone has in terms of advice seems to be their

> Luck is probably a bigger component of most successes and no one seems to know everything for sure. All what someone has in terms of advice seems to be their “best guesses”. One of the main truths that no-one here wants to admit. There is always an element of luck involved which is hidden by many folk here reading on HN. > From where I stand I don’t see any reason to take someone’s best guess over mine. If we’re all trying to figure it out, then I don’t trust anybody, except maybe a few second hand experiences from people that I find worthy. Don't listen to me and do what works for you. > Because we’re all different, I find that most career advice sums up to garbage, at best. Yes. 90% of it is outdated in a month. Most of the advice here tells you to 'climb up the career ladder' like they did and everyone else is doing, when the 1% of smarter folks are building their own escalators, and I would build a startup instead of chasing job applications and begging for promotions. It is all about time and its up to you how you best use the next 2 years. The indisputable fact is, you can never get those 2 years back ever again.