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Ask HN: What advice would you give your younger self?

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#41

1. Don't go to law school. At least, not if it costs (your) money. 2. Don't be an asshole, even when people are assholes to you. 3. Stay for that 5th year of college. 4. Corporate loyalty isn't a thing, don't feel bad about looking for the next opportunity when you feel you're ready. 5. Go to the gym more, shithead. 6. Travel as much as you can. And after you have kids, keep going. 7. Stop swearing so much at the off…

> Stay for that 5th year of college.

Why?

Re: Ask HN: What advice would you give your younger self?

#42

Marry the smart girl, not the hot girl.

She can be hot too, what I have found most importantly is how does she identifies herself.

So hot girls want to stay hot, even when they get older. That means clothes, shoes, hours in the bathroom...

If she self identifies as smart, it mean hours reading, studying.

Which is important to you?

Re: Ask HN: What advice would you give your younger self?

#43

Forget that B2C startup idea, go straight to B2B. That's where the money is. Stop eating animals sooner. The same pleasure you get from eating that bacon burger, you'll get from other foods. Just give it a few weeks to adjust. Call your grandma more often, while she's still able to recognize you.

And what is going to replace bacon? The physical manifestation of god's mana on earth? If there is something nearly as good that won't kill me quite as quickly, please do tell! Otherwise I am willing to give up a couple of years in my 80s for bacon now!

I didn't mean to challenge your attachment to bacon. I was just saying that I would tell my younger self that I would get the same pleasure I used to get from bacon from other foods (as I've been a doing for the last decade). I don't really care that much about living a little longer either. I realized that I'm happier not supporting the industry that exploit animals.

Re: Ask HN: What advice would you give your younger self?

#44

1. Don't go to law school. At least, not if it costs (your) money. 2. Don't be an asshole, even when people are assholes to you. 3. Stay for that 5th year of college. 4. Corporate loyalty isn't a thing, don't feel bad about looking for the next opportunity when you feel you're ready. 5. Go to the gym more, shithead. 6. Travel as much as you can. And after you have kids, keep going. 7. Stop swearing so much at the off…

> Stay for that 5th year of college. Why?

Because the first 4 were great, educationally and socially, and there isn't much opportunity in life to enjoy that with the relatively lesser responsibilities of college life. If I could do it again, I'd have picked up a second major and stayed the extra year.

tl;dr I had an awesome time at college.

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