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Travelling really opens your eyes to the way the rest of the world works. You will find that your little bubble is such a tiny part of things and that's a GOOD

Travelling really opens your eyes to the way the rest of the world works. You will find that your little bubble is such a tiny part of things and that's a GOOD thing. You will make friends, meet people with completely different mindsets, see amazing places and experience totally random (good and bad) things. And if all you care about is business, I can tell you that after a year travelling I had a notebook stuffed full of start-up ideas I didn't even know where to begin. Travelling is AWESOME.

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- peacemaker 13y ago
  It sounds like you've made your mind up about how the world works and that's fine, but I think you'd be missing out on some great experiences by not doing at least a little travelling. I've also had several months off doing nothing but relax and I can tell you none of them were as productive (for ideas) as travelling was. Part of it is meeting people with different views on the world means they present you with unique problems you would never have thought of alone. Part of it is in the act of travelling itself - how could you improve certain aspects? Overall, it just opens your mind up to different ways of thinking, much like going to university does. I'd always recommend people to give it a try.
  - sown 13y ago
    > It sounds like you've made your mind up about how the world works and that's fine, but I think you'd be missing out on some great experiences by not doing at least a little travelling. I have travelled but I don't see what great experience I was missing out on. Could you give some examples of yours so when I try it again I'll know what to look for? > I've also had several months off doing nothing but relax and I can tell you none of them were as productive (for ideas) as travelling was. That is worthwhile and I will note it for the future. Having been out of work for 3 months last year I can agree with that. > Part of it is meeting people with different views on the world means they present you with unique problems you would never have thought of alone. Ah, but that feels kind of like a work-problem to solve. An agreeable problem but it's the kind of thing I do often. Besides, it's not like people in that country don't have programmers and need some american to come save them.
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    - malyk 13y ago
      > I have travelled but I don't see what great experience I was missing out on. Could you give some examples of yours so when I try it again I'll know what to look for? As an example, in 2011 I went to Europe for the first time; Spain and Italy. We went to Madrid, Seville, Barcelona, Venice, Florence, Rome. How did we get between cities in each country? High speed rail. It wasn't as inexpensive as I thought it would be, but the experience was much much better than flying. Sure, the US is a lot larger and it might only work well in some places, but it opened my eyes to a different, more pleasant and more efficient (from the travelers perspective at least) than flying is. In Barcelona, we rode the subway a bunch. The stations we were in all had a clock on the wall that counted down from 5 minutes. Not once did a train not show up before that countdown got to zero. I'm generally happy with the frequency of service of BART during commuting hours, but there are frequent train breakdowns, track maintenance, etc. that totally screw things up. I'm sure there are issues in the Barcelona subway as well, but maybe there is something to be learned about the appeal and utility of public transit seeing how it's done in other countries. Just two relatively minor things that you could read about in a book but not truly appreciate until you've experienced them in person.
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- 300bps 13y ago
  Here's how to make travel fun: you know those things that you do on a daily basis that you're comfortable doing? Do other things. Go to Las Vegas and stay up all night playing poker. The people you meet at a poker table in the middle of the night will blow you away. Go to New Orleans for Mardi Gras and stay up all night wandering the streets. Stay right on Bourbon Street and soak in all the city has to offer. Go to Amsterdam and stay in the middle of the red light district. I'm not into either of the two things that are legal in Amsterdam but illegal in the U.S. but what an unbelievable experience to see that city. Be the person that has an opportunity to experience something fun and takes it every time. I'm married with 3 kids now and I have no regrets about being "tied down with a family" like some of my friends have. There will be a time that you will have no freedom and no free time to do these things; do them now or you and your future family will probably regret it. EDIT: Oops - nevermind. Dude ninja-deleted his comment that basically said that he wants to travel and have fun but he just doesn't know how to do it.
  - sown 13y ago
    > EDIT: Oops - nevermind. Dude ninja-deleted his comment that basically said that he wants to travel and have fun but he just doesn't know how to do it. Sorry about that. Whatever I said was so offensive, so I deleted it. > Go to Las Vegas and stay up all night playing poker. The people you meet at a poker table in the middle of the night will blow you away. I guess. I've met a couple of card counter-types and it's interesting to talk about it, but most people I've met in casinos were mostly tragic cases, the kind that would make BF Skinner would weep. As for the Bourbon Street and Amsterdam, adventures...what am I missing? Just booze and "interesting" adventures? I grew up and lived near bars before, and it wasn't that great. Just noise, people peeing on the sidewalk, etc. What am I missing? I genuinely want to know.

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peacemaker 13y ago
It sounds like you've made your mind up about how the world works and that's fine, but I think you'd be missing out on some great experiences by not doing at least a little travelling. I've also had several months off doing nothing but relax and I can tell you none of them were as productive (for ideas) as travelling was. Part of it is meeting people with different views on the world means they present you with unique problems you would never have thought of alone. Part of it is in the act of travelling itself - how could you improve certain aspects? Overall, it just opens your mind up to different ways of thinking, much like going to university does. I'd always recommend people to give it a try.
- sown 13y ago
  > It sounds like you've made your mind up about how the world works and that's fine, but I think you'd be missing out on some great experiences by not doing at least a little travelling. I have travelled but I don't see what great experience I was missing out on. Could you give some examples of yours so when I try it again I'll know what to look for? > I've also had several months off doing nothing but relax and I can tell you none of them were as productive (for ideas) as travelling was. That is worthwhile and I will note it for the future. Having been out of work for 3 months last year I can agree with that. > Part of it is meeting people with different views on the world means they present you with unique problems you would never have thought of alone. Ah, but that feels kind of like a work-problem to solve. An agreeable problem but it's the kind of thing I do often. Besides, it's not like people in that country don't have programmers and need some american to come save them.
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  - malyk 13y ago
    > I have travelled but I don't see what great experience I was missing out on. Could you give some examples of yours so when I try it again I'll know what to look for? As an example, in 2011 I went to Europe for the first time; Spain and Italy. We went to Madrid, Seville, Barcelona, Venice, Florence, Rome. How did we get between cities in each country? High speed rail. It wasn't as inexpensive as I thought it would be, but the experience was much much better than flying. Sure, the US is a lot larger and it might only work well in some places, but it opened my eyes to a different, more pleasant and more efficient (from the travelers perspective at least) than flying is. In Barcelona, we rode the subway a bunch. The stations we were in all had a clock on the wall that counted down from 5 minutes. Not once did a train not show up before that countdown got to zero. I'm generally happy with the frequency of service of BART during commuting hours, but there are frequent train breakdowns, track maintenance, etc. that totally screw things up. I'm sure there are issues in the Barcelona subway as well, but maybe there is something to be learned about the appeal and utility of public transit seeing how it's done in other countries. Just two relatively minor things that you could read about in a book but not truly appreciate until you've experienced them in person.
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Here's how to make travel fun: you know those things that you do on a daily basis that you're comfortable doing? Do other things. Go to Las Vegas and stay up all night playing poker. The people you meet at a poker table in the middle of the night will blow you away. Go to New Orleans for Mardi Gras and stay up all night wandering the streets. Stay right on Bourbon Street and soak in all the city has to offer. Go to Amsterdam and stay in the middle of the red light district. I'm not into either of the two things that are legal in Amsterdam but illegal in the U.S. but what an unbelievable experience to see that city. Be the person that has an opportunity to experience something fun and takes it every time. I'm married with 3 kids now and I have no regrets about being "tied down with a family" like some of my friends have. There will be a time that you will have no freedom and no free time to do these things; do them now or you and your future family will probably regret it. EDIT: Oops - nevermind. Dude ninja-deleted his comment that basically said that he wants to travel and have fun but he just doesn't know how to do it.
- sown 13y ago
  > EDIT: Oops - nevermind. Dude ninja-deleted his comment that basically said that he wants to travel and have fun but he just doesn't know how to do it. Sorry about that. Whatever I said was so offensive, so I deleted it. > Go to Las Vegas and stay up all night playing poker. The people you meet at a poker table in the middle of the night will blow you away. I guess. I've met a couple of card counter-types and it's interesting to talk about it, but most people I've met in casinos were mostly tragic cases, the kind that would make BF Skinner would weep. As for the Bourbon Street and Amsterdam, adventures...what am I missing? Just booze and "interesting" adventures? I grew up and lived near bars before, and it wasn't that great. Just noise, people peeing on the sidewalk, etc. What am I missing? I genuinely want to know.