alt Hacker NewsWhat's weird about this article is none of it is technically wrong: "Become a cheetah(super at ___)", "Aspire and engage to be better", "Build 6 types of capital". They are not bad things to do, if you can: and that is what it misses, if you can.
But don't feel bad if you have not been able to do any of them, e.g. Most People with kids can often do very little than job and take care of kids and that's it. What is more important is to not beat yourself up about it, give yourself grace and do one or two things that make you and your near and dear people/pets happy.
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To be honest, I'm really surprised this blog post of nothing but platitudes is on the front page of HN. Yes, you want to do well in school so you can get a good first job, make yourself excellent at something, don't inflate your lifestyle. I mean, yeah, duh.
The much more valuable and harder advice is what to do in a particular situation or when things go awry. For example, most career paths where you really end up at higher earnings require that you eventually manage large groups or many teams. The thing is, a lot of people hate managing people, and setting them up for a career path where they have to move into management is a recipe for misery. Much more valuable for these folks is to know what a good IC path looks like, and which careers can be particularly lucrative even if you don't need to manage people.
On the other hand most of this stuff is much less work than you think.
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Agree, be kind to your self. Its ok to slowdown if need be depending on life circumstances.