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Ask HN: What Have Been Your Biggest Regrets In Life?

6 points by sarimkx 1y ago

Inspired by this post a few days ago: Ask HN: Turned 25, Give Me Your Best Advice for the Next 25 Years? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45711816 -- Please share your mistakes so other people can avoid the same pitfalls! This can be in your life, career, business and/or relationships. I am sure many people will find this post valuable. Thank you!

onion2k 1y ago
I shared an office with a bunch of crypto enthusiasts in 2010 when I was running my first startup. They kept going on about Bitcoin and how I should get some because money would be obsolete in a few years. I thought they were silly (and I still do) but I could have a very different lifestyle now if I'd had some foresight. It's not really a regret though. Just a missed opportunity. I'm a little more open-minded about tech now.
- chistev 1y ago
  But... Would you have held? Edit: those guys that told you about it, are they wealthy now?
- filoeleven 1y ago
  Yeah, I clearly remember the day when bitcoin hit 37 cents. I thought, “this is interesting enough to make a $50 bet on.” I started looking into how to make a wallet and actually acquire s the BTC, and decided it wasn’t worth the time effort. That would have been about 3 hours, including a round trip to the closest bitcoin ATM. The first big regret I thought of is kind of related: I wish I’d learned more about investing. I have a retirement account but that’s it, and when I had more disposable income I had no idea how to go about getting started.
  - chistev 1y ago
    What would you do different now in terms of investment. Tell us who wish to learn.
  - andirk 1y ago
    The lesson is to gamble on things that are either a) fun like btc, or b) you personally see it as a viable product in the future.
chistev 1y ago
Not telling her I wanted her when she was receptive.
- skx001 1y ago
  Ahhh the one that got away. You often reminisce of what it could have been like.

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Ask HN: What Have Been Your Biggest Regrets In Life?

6 points by sarimkx 1y ago

onion2k 1y ago
I shared an office with a bunch of crypto enthusiasts in 2010 when I was running my first startup. They kept going on about Bitcoin and how I should get some because money would be obsolete in a few years. I thought they were silly (and I still do) but I could have a very different lifestyle now if I'd had some foresight. It's not really a regret though. Just a missed opportunity. I'm a little more open-minded about tech now.
- chistev 1y ago
  But... Would you have held? Edit: those guys that told you about it, are they wealthy now?
- filoeleven 1y ago
  Yeah, I clearly remember the day when bitcoin hit 37 cents. I thought, “this is interesting enough to make a $50 bet on.” I started looking into how to make a wallet and actually acquire s the BTC, and decided it wasn’t worth the time effort. That would have been about 3 hours, including a round trip to the closest bitcoin ATM. The first big regret I thought of is kind of related: I wish I’d learned more about investing. I have a retirement account but that’s it, and when I had more disposable income I had no idea how to go about getting started.
  - chistev 1y ago
    What would you do different now in terms of investment. Tell us who wish to learn.
  - andirk 1y ago
    The lesson is to gamble on things that are either a) fun like btc, or b) you personally see it as a viable product in the future.
chistev 1y ago
Not telling her I wanted her when she was receptive.
- skx001 1y ago
  Ahhh the one that got away. You often reminisce of what it could have been like.