I'm a loser and I want to change that - now

Post by blufox » Mon, Mar 18, 2013, 7:43 PM UTC

Post by solistice » Mon, Mar 18, 2013, 9:02 PM UTC

solistice wrote: post #142

goldfeld wrote: post #38

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Then that puts you in a position to achieve fulfillment at an earlier age and with less risk than most twenty-something startuppies dreaming of an exit most won't ever get. Even though you're a dreamer, keeping realistic expectations and finding some project you care about is gonna put you on a fast track. I learned coding within the last 2 years or so, and before that I had felt quite as you did. I dabbled in Visual…

I agree with goldfeld on this, there is this barrier with every language that many people get stuck on. In Java it's Cat cat = new Cat(), in C it's *fu, in Perl it's s/win/fail, in Assembly it's Assemlby, in C# it's LINQ, etc. But once you manage to get over the first or second hurdle, your perspective on technology widens and you are ready to take on more hurdles.

Post by andytm » Tue, Mar 19, 2013, 1:48 AM UTC

Post by Cardeck1 » Tue, Mar 19, 2013, 8:30 PM UTC

atarian wrote: post #215

edw519 wrote: post #54

I have been a dreamer all my life. It took me until last year to figure this out, and only thanks to this community. Great. Dreaming is necessary but not sufficient for great accomplishments. Glad you're one of us. I hardly ever tried - and when I tried, I didn't persist. It has been my goal to start a business since ever I can remember. And yet I never really tried (until last year, which resulted in abysmal failure…

>You won't want to disappoint someone who is depending on you. Believe me, in your case, this will probably make all the difference. Here's another expectation to think about: In ten to twenty years, someone is going to run across this thread and this post and ask, "I wonder what happened to Stefan Kueng?", before running a search for "Stefan Kueng." What do you want this person to find?

Post by xjpan » Wed, Mar 20, 2013, 2:06 AM UTC

edw519 wrote: post #54

I have been a dreamer all my life. It took me until last year to figure this out, and only thanks to this community. Great. Dreaming is necessary but not sufficient for great accomplishments. Glad you're one of us. I hardly ever tried - and when I tried, I didn't persist. It has been my goal to start a business since ever I can remember. And yet I never really tried (until last year, which resulted in abysmal failure…