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Re:Ask HN: What is your best advice for a junior software de... by arandr0x on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @12:53PM (#18132201)
I know that (I learned it at 25 though) but I don't regret being 19 and unbalanced. I had fun in the end. Suffering is a universal human experience and not something to be avoided at all costs or anything.

I mean, sometimes we give young people advice and they are super eager to do everything right and use all the lessons the older people learned. I figure, there may be value in learning that particular lesson on one's own and on one's own time.

The recent Tesla news are a good warning bell against never learning it, though. As was in a different way the recession.

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Re:Ask HN: What is your best advice for a junior software de... by CogitoCogito on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @01:19PM (#18132462)
> I figure, there may be value in learning that particular lesson on one's own and on one's own time.

I smart man learns from his mistakes. A wise man learns from the mistakes of others. I mean sure I also went through similar unbalanced years as you and I learned from them, but if I could go back and change something I would instill some more wisdom in myself earlier. I don't live regretting that time of my life, but if I had the chance I'd certainly do it differently.

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