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Re:Advice to my young self: forget side projects and focus o... by mushbino on Monday October 12, 2020 @07:13PM (#24760610)
You left out 18 years in that story so it's hard to tell.
Re:Advice to my young self: forget side projects and focus o... by winrid on Monday October 12, 2020 @07:33PM (#24760721)
My entire direct family is on welfare and was half my life. My parents spent a significant amount of time in mental hospitals while I lived with various aunts and grandparents (sometimes trailers, sometimes in a farm house. I liked the farm house though).

Yeah. Lots of privilege.

Re:Advice to my young self: forget side projects and focus o... by Aeolun on Monday October 12, 2020 @08:02PM (#24760928)
Living in a farm house sounds like privilege compared to trailers :)

Anyway, no need to defend yourself against random internet people.

In the end it’s all down to hard work and a bit of luck (the people not doing the hard work part will never be in a position to make use of the luck).

Re:Advice to my young self: forget side projects and focus o... by winrid on Monday October 12, 2020 @08:21PM (#24761041)
Yeah I did let myself get worked up.

We actually ended up loosing the farm house to the bank. I say farm house because that's an easy way to describe it, but it was really just a house on the edge of another farm in the middle of nowhere. Lots of peace and quiet. :)