Re:Ask HN: Sad because I don't have a mentor or anyone
by dang on Saturday September 05, 2015 @06:19AM
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Plenty of people have no mentors or family members who can advise them about college and career. I didn't. It makes some things harder, but it's definitely possible to find a way, so don't be too sad—you're blazing a path for your family in the future. Don't neglect to appreciate the advantages they have given you—if you look for those, you'll find them.
Also, if you do a good job of phrasing your questions and following community conventions (which you did in this case), you'll get tons of advice from HN, and then you'll have the opposite problem of figuring out which of it to follow.
Plenty of people have no mentors or family members who can advise them about college and career. I didn't. It makes some things harder, but it's definitely possible to find a way, so don't be too sad—you're blazing a path for your family in the future. Don't neglect to appreciate the advantages they have given you—if you look for those, you'll find them.
Also, if you do a good job of phrasing your questions and following community conventions (which you did in this case), you'll get tons of advice from HN, and then you'll have the opposite problem of figuring out which of it to follow.