[cmrdporcupine]

Man, I bought some stock a bit after IPO, it dropped a bunch, and I idiotically sold later at a slight loss in 2013 after people all around me constantly went on about how they would never make money. It's now worth 17 times what I sold at.

I also remember around Google's IPO people questioning how they'd ever make money.

[kirubakaran]

I used to pay a lot of attention to the comments of certain HN users who made well reasoned but (with the clarity of hindsight) mostly doomer predictions about various topics. I wish I hadn't listened to them.

[epolanski]

To be fair if counter arguments put you off it means your own weren't that strong.

It's good you have that attitude otherwise it would be gambling.

[adtac]

You would've probably sold it when it doubled. Or 4x. If you still hadn't sold it at 17x, you'd probably never sell it, so it's not liquid anyway.

[mFixman]

I read an HN article about Bitcoin in 2011 when it was about $1 per BTC, and mining on AWS was still profitable.

I dismissed as a stupid novelty that's not worth the time to set up an AWS instance. Lesson learned: don't listen to HN.

[chasd00]

i think i sold my apple stock at $10/share. I also had my finger on the buy button for AIG at around $1/share in the depths of the financial crisis but didn't do it. Now I just stick to code, my 401k, and company RSUs heh.

[ambicapter]

I bought Apple stock 2 years ago and it's been flat since then, with me at a slight loss. So the golden tech stocks aren't always so.

[neverokay]

Sucks right? Life gets lifey.

[MangoCoffee]

i believe FB is a fad at that time. Who knew it make that much money and still going.

[ilrwbwrkhv]

"They trust me, dumb f*cks" - Mark Zuckerberg laughing all the way to the bank.

[lotsofpulp]

People who have a good enough memory to recall the dumb things they thought and said at age 19 also laugh.