[kingkongrevenge]

> a great way to end up wanting to kill yourself

This line is kinda interesting because the type-A personality he projects matches the profile of people who kill themselves when faced with a major setback.

I really cringe at his "change the world or you're a loser" pep talk bits. Chill out, man.

I think the life experience of guys like this makes their prognostications on the next 20 years useless. His formative career experiences happened during a historically unprecedented and continuous boom. Maybe I'm a paranoid nut, but severe and long lasting recessions and broken dreams are way more the norm than the last 20 years would indicate. The economy could blow up tomorrow and we could all be picking lettuce for the next eight years. Are you going to kill yourself over it?

Is it really worth uprooting from a region where you have deep ties for a career opportunity? Careers are ephemeral. Blood ties might keep you alive when the going gets rough.