Don't get me wrong--I've been lucky enough to work with and learn from some incredibly brilliant people, the work pays insanely well and lifted me from the bottom quintile to the top, and I don't have to worry about VC funding running out. But I also feel10% of the flow that I do when I'm at home cobbling together a javascript or python whatever. I understand that it isn't fair to compare my toy apps with the insane size of these companies, but still, I don't think your decision was that terrible in terms of just tech. Shoot, there are acquaintances who joined bitcoin startups when we graduated in 2015 and those people are probably worth a few million right now.
I wonder if there is anyone here who works at a unicorn and can tell me if Airbnb, Uber, Lyft, etc are a happier medium?
Curious why you think Amazon is so different from the other FNG+?
Note this is not dependent on some historical events happening like Apple stock or bitcoin. If you aren’t into fitness now I highly recommend you get into it.
This kind of slow steady progress is useful for virtually anything: learn foreign alphabets one letter a day, read the encyclopedia one entry a day, etc.
Like a few other Malcolm Gladwell's claims...
- Focus on your relationships, they take work. Manage your input and your expectations.
- There are probably easier ways to make money. It's okay to take an easy route and improve from there. Time is valuable and interests compound.
- Which inner desires are your goals feeding into. Is there an easier way to get there?
This thread is full of advice like this and there were probably similar threads 10 years ago. Have we listened? I would not have. I learned it the hard way and now believe in it.
A better question probably would be: What advice would your future self give you in ten years?
For me it would probably be around health. Maybe family and friends.
Could you explain why completing your masters degree was ‘bad’ ?
I could be wrong too. :)
Also get ripped sooner.
The people who got rich asked themselves the same question but had a lower opinion of humanity.
Edit: I’m saying apple is a better long term bet than Facebook because it has a much better cross generational appeal.
I think an amusing piece of investment advice to consider is to do the opposite of whatever the sentiment about a paticular asset is on hacker news.
How did they talk about Snap in 2018? Twitter in 2017?
Generally, people on hacker news do not really know anything other than what a server is etc. Hacker Newsers are also made up of the sort people that fall victim to Authority Bias most frequently. If you want to spot good investments you have to think for yourself. You have to make the decision. If you are prepared to do that you already have an unfair advantage. But, if you are wrong, you are wrong.
To answer your question more directly... Have a reliable stream of information (reuters deals) as your core...then it is up to you.