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Re:Ask HN: What's the worst advice you've ever received? by francisofascii on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @11:36AM (#41047128)
Well, maybe the advise was right, but 20 years too early.
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Re:Ask HN: What's the worst advice you've ever received? by thro1 on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @01:03PM (#41048357)
> Don't become a computer programmer

I got such GOOD advise from my mother 40 years ago, she took me even to place where she worked to show how boring it is. It was pure amber magic in mysterious world of murmuring machines. If I had listened to her, I would have time just for the music, for sure.

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