Re:Advice for ambitious 19 year olds
by eshvk on Tuesday June 25, 2013 @02:21AM
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> That sort of thing can lead to looking back twenty years, thinking, "Why on Earth did I waste all that time?
"waste" is subjective. Twenty years of your life working 100 hours a week in startups? Twenty years of your life traveling the world with a low paying job?
A particular path being appealing to you doesn't necessarily make other paths bad.
> Most people don't have the nerve to even look what they want in the eye.
Sure. Imagine the man who doesn't accept that all he wants is a stable job which will let him spend more time with his family. Instead, he works at a tiny company day in and day out, dreaming of the big payoff (with paid dinners).
"waste" is subjective. Twenty years of your life working 100 hours a week in startups? Twenty years of your life traveling the world with a low paying job?
A particular path being appealing to you doesn't necessarily make other paths bad.
> Most people don't have the nerve to even look what they want in the eye.
Sure. Imagine the man who doesn't accept that all he wants is a stable job which will let him spend more time with his family. Instead, he works at a tiny company day in and day out, dreaming of the big payoff (with paid dinners).