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Re: Ask HN: What were/are you doing at age 25? What would you change?

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Post by nunez »

I'm 30 now.

At 25, I was working at an awesome financial firm making great money. I spent a lot of it repaying student loans and building my 401k, but because I was single, I had enough to go out all of the time. I thought I'd never move out of the city (I didn't think I could afford to, and I didn't think that Dallas had the same job opportunities). That made me sad.

Advice? Find a job that will pay you to travel out of college (i.e. go into consulting). Your career trajectory will go up, you'll still make great money, you'll develop a lot of experience and you'll save A TON of money along the way.

Re: Ask HN: What were/are you doing at age 25? What would you change?

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Post by dorchadas »

themodelplumber wrote: post #96
dorchadas wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Any advice on how to find a good coach?

Most coaches are pretty good. I feel fortunate to have met enough of them to be able to say that. They all have different models and approaches. I derive my own coaching models from personality psychology. Another coach I know uses the Co-active model. Yet another uses her own model based on athletic performance. I advise people to spend the time and actually experience the coaches they find--try it out--then reflect…

And how do you go around finding one? I feel like Google would just be too hit-and-miss and too open to scams, etc.

Re: Ask HN: What were/are you doing at age 25? What would you change?

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Post by 0x4f3759df »

pm90 wrote: post #73
0x4f3759df wrote: post #48

Advice to my younger self: Get really fit. Like do upside-down-handstand-push-ups fit. Fitness is an easy way to get status that requires essentially no luck. Women are attracted to high status individuals. It shows you are a hard worker, a trait that people respect. It gives you energy and health, and is much more fun than being on a computer. Family advice: life after 40 for most people is about family and the chil…

+100 to fitness. Especially since its much easier to get fit when you're younger. Maintaining the same level of fitness is much much easier than having to achieve it later in life.

There's so much to be said about the topic. Its a universal topic like food, pretty much everybody can connect over a fitness discussion. We inherit so much research and equipment. Arnold Schwarzenegger had to invent his own gym equipment, likewise somebody came along and figured out the Russians were getting huge results with kettlebells, all this knowledge and equipment just right there waiting for us. David Belle crafted freerunning, there's all these climbing gyms and knowledge, if your really ambitious you can learn the fun ariel moves from the wushu guys. Really amazing if you take it all in.

Re: Ask HN: What were/are you doing at age 25? What would you change?

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Post by poulsbohemian »

themodelplumber wrote: post #23

At age 25 I was trying to figure out how to really get into the game. I had a promising job offer in the mountain west and decided instead to move to Portland and wait for the awesome tech job offers to flow into my inbox. I ended up moving to PDX and burning through my savings, finally taking a job at a company that turned out to be deeply unethical. They spied on personal phone calls, asked employees if they were o…

Marc - it's a small world; I'm nearly certain we went to kindergarten together. Glad to hear you are finding success in life.

Re: Ask HN: What were/are you doing at age 25? What would you change?

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Post by kyo3 »

meowface wrote: post #4

Currently 25. Not really sure where I'm going or even what I'm doing (remote dev job, currently), but I think one thing I'm starting to learn and appreciate is that personal meaning and fulfillment matters a lot more than money or even "career". (Though I also appreciate that a majority of people can't flexibly make such a choice and need to provide for their families.) Also that I shouldn't hesitate leaving jobs I'm…

Also currently 25, and working tech support at an eCommerce company. I wish I had done more coding earlier on, but I've also matured a lot more because of the path I chose. I also understand technology as a whole, and I'm not in college debt.

The position I'm in involves some basic coding, but it has the possibility for more involved work. I can understand the fulfillment you're speaking of, which is another reason I chose a different path. Life's a balance. There's no right answer to this, but I'm sure OP and ourselves will find our way.

Re: Ask HN: What were/are you doing at age 25? What would you change?

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Post by caymanjim »

davewasthere wrote: post #87
solarkraft wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would you tell me a bit more about how exactly you alternate?

Try something, get exhausted, take some time off, then get involved in something else. Rinse and repeat until dead.

Pretty much. No kids, no mortgage, no debt. When I burn out, I quit and spend all my money traveling. Sometimes I just move and work somewhere else for a while. So I have no assets either, but that’s ok. Jobs are easy to find.

I’ll probably go full-time remote soon, live in an RV, bounce around North America for a while, winter in Hawaii/the Caribbean/anywhere warm. That’s the current dream, anyway.

Re: Ask HN: What were/are you doing at age 25? What would you change?

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Post by gravy »

botswana99 wrote: post #100

I had left the Peace Corps, started grad school and met my on my 25th birthday. Advice? Don’t worry about the future so much, don’t get buried in comparisons to others, and find work that is meaningfully involves your mind and spirit

Thanks. :)

Re: Ask HN: What were/are you doing at age 25? What would you change?

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Post by andersonmvd »

nunez wrote: post #101

I'm 30 now. At 25, I was working at an awesome financial firm making great money. I spent a lot of it repaying student loans and building my 401k, but because I was single, I had enough to go out all of the time. I thought I'd never move out of the city (I didn't think I could afford to, and I didn't think that Dallas had the same job opportunities). That made me sad. Advice? Find a job that will pay you to travel ou…

People who seek "great money", especially after college, usually end up very miserable in my experience. It's way better to go where you will learn something and enjoy, even if you have to be underpaid. It pays off much more. But don't forget to sharp you negotiation skills afterwards :)

Re: Ask HN: What were/are you doing at age 25? What would you change?

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Post by develcuy »

I'm very proud of my younger self. My advise is to not compare yourself with anybody else. Just try to be the best version of yourself everyday. Things I did right: Save for the future, spend time with family, take care of health, loyalty with my inner believes. Just my 2c.
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