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Re:Ask HN: What huge mistake did you make early in your career? by void_mint on Saturday June 19, 2021 @06:00PM (#27564882)
The only part I feel bad about is not really "learning" from these mistakes. I don't worry too hard about things I cannot change, so those two opportunities came and went. The part that bothers me is the fact that I haven't been swinging harder at ideas that I've thought about pursuing. There's _some amount of evidence_ that the ideas I'm having in this particularly industry are valuable and others would want.

After a long day at (usually at least mildly frustrating) work, it's just hard to work up the energy to just keep coding.

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Re:Ask HN: What huge mistake did you make early in your career? by bobmichael on Saturday June 19, 2021 @06:21PM (#27565035)
If you really want to learn from the mistake, it sounds like you need to ask for a personal leave for a few months and really take a bet on one of your ideas. There's not much to lose, in the worst case you learn from how it went and can decide whether you may want to raise the stakes and quit.
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