Re:Ask HN: I'm a young developer. What should I do next?
by Jgrubb on Saturday July 27, 2013 @11:09AM
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I started playing electric bass at the age of 15, and got an acoustic guitar about 6 months later. I decided to major in music in college since that was literally the only thing I ever felt like spending my time on (excluding girls, since you can't major in that). I picked the bass as a primary instrument and for the next 12 years never had a "real job". Traveled the world, met tons of interesting people, got treated like a rock star, got really good at the bass, gained a ton of "domain expertise" in the music business, and generally had a whole heck of a lot of fun. I didn't even think to start programming until I was 30.
There is an entire world out there, and you likely have a whole lot of other talents that you don't even know about yet. My advice would be to make sure you take time to discover them too.
There is an entire world out there, and you likely have a whole lot of other talents that you don't even know about yet. My advice would be to make sure you take time to discover them too.