Re:Ask HN: how to spend your (early) 20s?
by groby_b on Wednesday June 22, 2011 @10:12PM
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I'm in my early 40's now, so here's my take: Follow your passion (I quit College to develop software), do the things that interest you without overspecializing (I did low level device drivers, database systems, consulting, games), and don't stay too long at any given job. (Never more than two years)
Do something crazy occasionally. (I emigrated to the US, from Germany - and I spent all my vacation time working on cruise ships)
By your early thirties, you'll have had a lot of fun, and a decent idea what you like. (Although that changes occasionally - did games for 15 years, working on the Internet side of things now. No more games, got over it)
Above all, have fun. If things go wrong in your 20's, a reboot is not a big deal. As you start accumulating the things that go with age (a family, a higher salary, a mortgage, etc.) a restart is more terrifying and probably harder.
Do something crazy occasionally. (I emigrated to the US, from Germany - and I spent all my vacation time working on cruise ships)
By your early thirties, you'll have had a lot of fun, and a decent idea what you like. (Although that changes occasionally - did games for 15 years, working on the Internet side of things now. No more games, got over it)
Above all, have fun. If things go wrong in your 20's, a reboot is not a big deal. As you start accumulating the things that go with age (a family, a higher salary, a mortgage, etc.) a restart is more terrifying and probably harder.