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by wolly
3346 days ago
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"If I could talk to my 20 year old self I would recommend this: Stay away from the Internet as much as possible and don't look for general advice." While I generally agree that you shouldn't overvalue general advice I don't find your argument very believable when you then go on to offer your own advice. Seems more like a convenient way to not having to address the article. I'm all for going your own way, but it can't be just a reaction to something else. Especially in a relatively free industry like technology I increasingly see people who find themselves disliking the consequences of their decisions (often without realizing they made them in the first place). |
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> Seems more like a convenient way to not having to address the article.
There is no need to address the article as there is nothing wrong with it. It's a fine article! In fact, for my sake we may even call it perfect!
> I increasingly see people who find themselves disliking the consequences of their decisions (often without realizing they made them in the first place).
And here we actually agree! People don't realize which decisions they have made (and thus also don't realize what they've gotten themselves into)! My attempted explanation for why that is is that they absorb too much information and use that soup of ideas (which almost seems like white noise to me) as a reference for their decisions instead of waiting for an impulse from within (which in my experience occurs if you allow yourself enough time - just like you get sleepy at night or hungry in the morning - insofar I believe what I've described is more of a rule than advice). Whether or not they do their own thing or want to follow a school-like path - that again doesn't matter I think but they have to "own" their decisions.