> This probably won't change a lot throughout your life
For many people, this is not true. Look at how common a second-act career has become.
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#22Instead go visit Bordeaux, drink a lot of wine.
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#23> If you're 10–20: These are prime years!
I lol'd.
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Advice is to visit, not to move!
I was in SF for the last WWDC, mostly to see and visit these people I keep hearing about. But I couldn’t for the life of me figure out where they were or how to talk to them. I went to WWDC, a couple of meetups, the Computer History Museum, walked through Stanford, ate hummus in Palo Alto, took only public transport or shared Lyft rides. But other than a chance meeting with the CEO of Mode Analytics in one can ride t…
Hang out in front of google or attend the local 2600 meeting.
Best way to meet CEOs is to become one yourself.
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#25This is probably nit-picking, because I understand the intended message, but the "Aim to read a lot" bit gets me.
I've always aimed to read a lot...but rarely manage to actually do it.
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#26At ages 10-20 one has the time to go deep into many different subjects, would that be viable for someone late into the game (20-30s)? Or would they have to narrow the number of subjects they explore?
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
I was in SF for the last WWDC, mostly to see and visit these people I keep hearing about. But I couldn’t for the life of me figure out where they were or how to talk to them. I went to WWDC, a couple of meetups, the Computer History Museum, walked through Stanford, ate hummus in Palo Alto, took only public transport or shared Lyft rides. But other than a chance meeting with the CEO of Mode Analytics in one can ride t…
Hang out in front of google or attend the local 2600 meeting. Best way to meet CEOs is to become one yourself.
What’s a 2600 meeting? This? https://www.2600.com/meetings/mtg.html
I’ll keep trying to search, but could someone post a note on what’s it’s about?
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#28At ages 10-20 one has the time to go deep into many different subjects, would that be viable for someone late into the game (20-30s)? Or would they have to narrow the number of subjects they explore?
Learning is age invariant. The difference is you will have a day job, but yes, it’s viable.
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#29> Status lags by a generation or more. That's a really overlooked point, and perhaps the most contrarian nugget of wisdom in this damn good piece of advice. Point is, whatever successful thing you do, it'll always end up gaining you a certain degree of prestige (which is ultimately a form of bullshit, but that's another topic).
The converse also seems to be true: Some currently seemingly prestigious things are long past their relevance, society at large has just not caught on yet; it is good to recognize these and to avoid building your future on them.
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#30This is probably nit-picking, because I understand the intended message, but the "Aim to read a lot" bit gets me. I've always aimed to read a lot...but rarely manage to actually do it.
Try Audible and audiobooks, it’s easier to fill the commute with sound. You can also add the Kindle app to your smartphone top-4 bar.