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Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)

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Re: Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)

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Post by AYBABTME »

philangist wrote: post #180

I won the IPO lottery and I’m in the middle ground between rich enough to never work again but not quite rich enough for the yachts/mansions/private jets lifestyle. I haven’t worked in 6 months and I’m struggling to find a larger meaning to my life beyond getting yet another tech job. I’ve considered going to college for a math degree, moving to my parents home country, and joining the military (among many other opti…

If from the Coinbase IPO, you just got out of lockout and you're new to that amount of money. You're probably still near 100% invested in Coinbase and need to divest into something more diversified and less volatile than Coinbase before you can sit on your hands and look at the number in your brokerage account as if it was real retirement grade money. Plus you'll need to pay a ton of taxes on the capital gain.

So don't chill out too much. Divest out of Coinbase, continue life as before and get used to the money. Take your time before changing everything and increasing your spending levels. In a year or so, hopefully you'll have diversified and your head will have cooled from the new money, and you'll be more leveled and realistic about what this money enables you to do, and how to handle your life going forward.

As far as I can tell, it seems like a large (20-50) percentage of people who have a large windfall... end up losing it all because they don't take the time to learn how to handle it.

Good luck and happy birthday!

Re: Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)

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Post by mylons »

_npza wrote: post #300

As a self taught programmer, I struggled to get a job. So I decided to build [name redacted], which has now turned into my full time job. [name redacted] comparison website for mobile phone contracts and SIM contracts. [link redacted] Being my first project with no prior experience behind me, I made a lot of mistakes along the way. It's been a great learning experience and I've learnt more than I thought possible. Ho…

good for you. how are the financials for your site?

Re: Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)

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Post by alexkwan »

philangist wrote: post #180

I won the IPO lottery and I’m in the middle ground between rich enough to never work again but not quite rich enough for the yachts/mansions/private jets lifestyle. I haven’t worked in 6 months and I’m struggling to find a larger meaning to my life beyond getting yet another tech job. I’ve considered going to college for a math degree, moving to my parents home country, and joining the military (among many other opti…

If you have the time and feeling lost, I suggest you to spend 10 days for a vipassana meditation camp. They have centers worldwide. Happy Birthday btw!

Re: Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)

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Post by 93po »

gota wrote: post #259
93po wrote: post #39

I started taking steroids two weeks ago. 500mg/week testosterone. They haven't even really kicked in yet (takes about 3 weeks to get really testosterone levels up) but I'm feeling real good and I'm really excited with all the weight gain I've had so far this year. I started at around 155 in June and today I'm up to 180. A lot of it is water weight I'm sure but I'm excited to hit over 200 in the next 5 months of my fi…

Of all the ideas in this thread this one seems the most dettached from my preferences and tastes. It's cool knowing completely different folks are out there. Goos luck!

thanks! i only mention it here because I do think it sort of falls under the hacker ethos. At least my motivations for it are similar

Re: Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)

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Post by is0tope »

I've done side projects before, but I feel like I don't have a knack for business. I decided to try and start writing after it was suggested to me many times.

I work in the finance/crypto space, so decided to try and write some articles about the basics on my personal blog (https://machow.ski).

So far I am enjoying it, though it's a lot of work! Getting people to read what you write is also not straight forward.

Re: Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)

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Post by yumraj »

stickyricky wrote: post #156

Really enjoying this thread. Okay fourth idea that I forgot earlier and that I'm secretly hoping already exists. Self-hosted iMessage. Basic MMS functionality with an email like protocol for server -> server communication. No one MITM your personal messages. I would love to have my family sending messages through a server I own. Perfectly capable of running on a $5 vps.

Not exactly that but I’ve been thinking about some ideas around social networking, messaging, media (photo, videos) and so on, but focused on private networks such as extended families. All with privacy being the core design element.

So, overall I wish you luck!!

Re: Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)

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Post by itsrajju »

is0tope wrote: post #305

I've done side projects before, but I feel like I don't have a knack for business. I decided to try and start writing after it was suggested to me many times. I work in the finance/crypto space, so decided to try and write some articles about the basics on my personal blog ( https://machow.ski ). So far I am enjoying it, though it's a lot of work! Getting people to read what you write is also not straight forward.

Hey I like your writing style! I've signed up to your mailchimp. Congratulations on the new blog and keep going :)
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