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Re: Find Your People

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Post by mclau157 »

AaronAPU wrote: post #85
mclau157 wrote: post #68

Tangential to this but why does there seem to be a correlation between rock climbing gyms and tech oriented people?

I don’t know, but I’ve made a specific effort not to rock climb because I felt it may cause long term hand related injuries which could impact my ability to work. Not even sure how well founded that fear is, but I would otherwise love to do rock climbing.

I believe the hand injuries would be most felt if you were climbing very difficult "crimpy" climbs multiple times a week without enough rest, these are the climbs where you really put stress on tiny individual parts of the fingers to grip onto very tiny holds, otherwise "juggy" climbing where you can grab onto a hold with a large portion of your hand uses more shoulder and back muscles which can get fatigued but definitely not as damaged as tiny individual parts of the fingers

Re: Find Your People

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Post by famahar »

If your country allows it and you can afford it, I recommend every graduate to do a working holidays visa in another country. Embed yourself in the community. Volunteer, work odd jobs, practice art , learn a language. You'll find what you unexpectedly love and hate during that time. Following the tracks of life and getting a career out of college sounds safe and comfy, but you'll be surprised what new joys life can throw at you when you go off the beaten path a bit.

Re: Find Your People

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Post by RealityVoid »

parpfish wrote: post #90
joshstrange wrote: post #54

> The first step is to realize that the subway stops here. Up to this point in life, most of you have been rolling on train tracks. Elementary school, middle school, high school, college—it was always clear what the next stop was. In the process you've been trained to believe something that’s not true: that all of life is train tracks. And there are some jobs where you can make it stay like train tracks if you want,…

i think its interesting that for so many college kids, the post-graduation options that continue to provide tracks are also treated as the more "prestigious" options (go to grad school. work at big3/faang, etc). it's not because they are any more prestigious or important, but because they provide a clear sense of achievement/external validation and kids that make it to the end of college are kids that have had decade…

The flipside is that going off the tracks, you need to decide where you're going and you might get lost. Some people try to do something and then waste a lot of time just spinning their wheels. For them, some structure and some tracks might be necessary.

I guess we all need some amount of scaffolding in our life, at one point or another.

Re: Find Your People

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Post by harrall »

phkahler wrote: post #58

How much of that is hindsight? Was she drawn to Y-combinator or did she drift into it like she did Fidelity? Recognizing it was the right people and the right thing obviously happened, I'm just questioning when she actually knew that.

I don’t know about her but when I found what I really actually liked, I looked forward it every day, no matter what challenge it gave me.

And it’s still the same excitement every day 5, 10, etc. years later.

I suppose I’m saying is that when you find it, you know.

Re: Find Your People

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Post by charlie0 »

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #4

In my case, the subway crashed into the station at about 100mph, and I had to crawl out of the wreckage, and repair the damage, before I could proceed. When I did proceed, I had to buck constant headwinds. Worked great. Would ride again. 10/10.

Say more.

Re: Find Your People

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Post by charlie0 »

throe73848484 wrote: post #80

> So I'm going to tell you about a trick you can pull right here at the point where the train tracks end. You can reinvent yourself. I wish I’d known I could do that. I was lazy in college and got bad grades I googled study fees for that university. $69000 per year plus expenses for accommodation, food and books. After you finish such school, you should be top level motivated professional with highly lucrative job li…

The main "trick" here was moving to where the next center of power was going to be and meeting the right people through hard work (but really the main differentiator) sheer luck.

Re: Find Your People

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Post by ryukafalz »

qntty wrote: post #39

I like the subway analogy. I'm sure I've heard some version of it before, but maybe because I was younger I didn't really get it. It really is a little strange to tell kids who have never really directed their own lives before to start doing it all of a sudden.

There is a bit of a transition period; you have a lot more choice about what classes you're going to take in college than prior to that for example, and you're to a large degree choosing your own path there. But graduating is still the end of a structured path that you've been in nearly your whole life, so I think it's always going to feel pretty abrupt subjectively despite the fact that you have been acclimated a little bit over time.

Re: Find Your People

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Post by brulard »

joshstrange wrote: post #54

> The first step is to realize that the subway stops here. Up to this point in life, most of you have been rolling on train tracks. Elementary school, middle school, high school, college—it was always clear what the next stop was. In the process you've been trained to believe something that’s not true: that all of life is train tracks. And there are some jobs where you can make it stay like train tracks if you want,…

I think it is easier and more obvious for kids from poorer families to figure it out they need to look around and try hard to earn some money. Do you need a laptop? Well you better earn some money to get one. Kids that get everything provided by parents often end up hopelessly lost when time to become independent comes.
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