I'm in my early 20s and currently working to stack sats. Thinking about studying CS at University (cheap in Germany except opportunity cost).
What would you do if you were young again, work, study or self learn?
Also share your other wisdom
32 sats \ 0 replies \ @nout 6 Jun 2022
- You are responsible for your life and for the life of people around you! Make a list of things that you would like to have/do 10 years from now. And then try tracing back what would you have to do to actually get there. Like literally do that on paper right now!
- Now is the time for you to push and create your base wealth. As soon as you have comfortable wealth, then you can pick and choose what you do next.
- Make every day at least a tiny bit better than the day before.
- If you enjoy programming and you are more interested in things than people, then CS degree may be a good match. Especially if you learn how to think effectively. Do little freelancer work during this time to earn some money.
- Get better at social skills. It's like learning new programming language - you first need to find the best resources (youtube videos, books...), mentors or examples and then try it in practice over a bunch of years.
- Whatever you do, push yourself to be the best at it. Otherwise you will get bored.
- Travel! You can learn so much from traveling and talking to people. You can also save money - just catch a train and go east - do Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Croatia.
- With university you will still have time to party, meet with new friends, etc - do that, have beers and have fun! Try doing many things with other students and your friends. Help others!
- Try killing the things from your day that actually waste your time - don't watch too many TV shows (pick carefully), or spend long days on twitter, etc...
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @southside263 5 Jun 2022 freebie
love whatever you do.👊🏽
I couldn’t code in my 20s and struggled thru a degree I didn’t enjoy🤦🏽♂️
After finding Bitcoin in my 40s, coding seems way more interesting to me now🙇🏽
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @a 5 Jun 2022
- Focus your energy
- Guard your time
- Train your mind
- Train your body
- Think for yourself
- Curate your friends
- Curate your environment
- Keep your promises
- Stay cheerful and constructive
- Upgrade the world
- Michael Saylor, advice for people entering adulthood
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @Modus 6 Jun 2022
STAY HUMBLE. Do not try to earn yield, get in on shitcoin pumps, or use leverage. Stack the sats and dont sell.
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @KingZing 6 Jun 2022
Definitely give it a go, always take the chance if you can travel and especially if you can stay there for a couple of years.
I am fluent in several languages and stayed in different continents for a few years. Being able to read local news in their local language can give you a lot more information source.
If you can pick up German that would even be better, sometimes you will dream in their language and it's one hell of a thing to experience.
My advice to you would be keeping an open interest in everything and pick up a few hobbies. Some of them can be life changing.
Photography pretty much changed how I see everything, from spotting light changes (soft/hard) to appreciating all forms of media. It allows me to enjoy art and reading up color theories and actually applying some of that for my new flat, while learning interior design and material etc.
Philosophy is definitely my top recommendation though, a lot of everything goes back to philosophical questions, it make everything a little more interesting.
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @xz 6 Jun 2022
I may be double your age, have my own knowledge gaps but also feel I may have made the best out of the worst by following a happy medium.
Though the above advice is sage, also keep things going in the right direction by ensuring you can, to the best of your ability, work, and keep yourself learning and earning simulataneously, even if that is not completly aligned to your immediate goals and objectives.
You'll still learn and meet people that could potentially help in your long term goals, if you don't forget what they are.
Stacking and spending are part of the same equation.
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @EnormousPony 6 Jun 2022
Fail often, fail cheaply
That's my advice for young people in their 20s
Do stuff, break it and learn. Don't wait to be "prepared enough" with countless courses, seminars, books or whatever instead do things that are meaningless (now) and learn by doing
If I could talk to my 20s self I would say to him to be more brave and take more risks, even more than I have actually done
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @om 6 Jun 2022 freebie
Uni is primarily a social/dating scene and some social anti-procrastination pressure. Of course you can learn something as well there but your future employers will look at your projects, not your credentials. You could in principle self-learn - but only if you're capable of putting out sustained effort which isn't common in early 20s.
0 sats \ 3 replies \ @f321x OP 5 Jun 2022
Also what's your opinion on saving, stack like a maniac or go partying and enjoy 20s with friends?
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22 sats \ 0 replies \ @a 5 Jun 2022
The best of both worlds is to enjoy 20s with friends by convincing your friends to stack like a maniac too.
Friends that stack together stay together. Plus you will get to retire early with all your friends.. what's the point of having a large stack in your 30s when all your friends are still wage *ucking
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @random_ 5 Jun 2022
A general rule of thumb: every dollar you spend today is two dollars you could have spent at 60. I imagine the effect this rule has on Bitcoin is even more pronounced.
Besides, there's plenty of free things you can do with friends :)
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @Modus 6 Jun 2022
Do cheap stuff when possible. Don't let others convince you to waste money.
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