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Re:People Who Are Obsessed with Success and Prestige by theFeller00 on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @10:34AM (#21980883)
Unless you're just doing the passive index fund thing, which there is obviously nothing wrong with, I don't think many understand the stress levels that come from trading. Insane highs. Insane lows. Lows you will eat at you for years.
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Re:People Who Are Obsessed with Success and Prestige by saiya-jin on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @11:35AM (#21981522)
Nothing with trading, I don't have mentality to thrive there. Still doing IT, still +- same job, just started low and gradually moved to much better place. Plus (I would like to think that) I know how to negotiate salary during hiring. Or maybe just luck, can't really say.

Not even self-employed, which is great but goes opposite to stability, and some goals I have in life are not financial.

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