If you could go back in time and approach the 5-year younger version of yourself, what would you tell yourself? Any words of advice? Some wise nuggets learned during the past five years? Something to definitely do? Something to definitely not do?
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Being a programmer is for you! It's not just for kids who've been hacking in the basement since they were 3. You can do it!
100% this comment!
Forget JavaScript and stick with C#. You aren’t getting better pay if you switch (for the location you’re moving to).
Oh and enjoy your family.
Can definitely relate to the enjoy your family part!
chill. you're doing fine. no need to skip all those nights. keep steady and still. it's a long marathon not a 1km sprint. your family is proud of you. and there are people that love you. oh btw keep your studies plan.
I would say to myself work night and day and do not waste time. I think I would to follow that advice.
Thank her for pushing through and to keep doing it. It might take some time but you'll get there soon.
Stop wasting time on .net and start learning react, angular and other new things..
Don't get that associate's. Histotechnology isn't that fun.
Go back for comp sci instead!
Mostly I'd give myself a lesson or two in humility, then a briefing of future events: baby on the way, working at amazing place, WASM is going to be a thing, and the car you drive will not always be that thing.
Learn English, start study new EcmaScript, preprocessors, ReactJS, and also don't seek employment in FLS.
Throw out your couch. That thing was janky when you got it, and in four years time it's going to ruin your back for at least seven months... probably a lot longer. Existence will be painful if you don't get rid of your couch.
I'd also tell me that my back hurts.
Stay more time with your family
Don’t be an idiot. It changed my life. Whenever I’m about to do something, I think “would an idiot do this” and if they would, I don’t do that thing.
Burnout is real! Dont overwork!
Shameless plug 😅: I've written something similar to this topic before:
A few tips I wish I could tell my younger self
briwa ・ May 17 ・ 4 min read
...if you'd like to get into details on the advices, check out the article!
Go broke buying bitcoin, of course.
You'll want better than that! Buy when it hits £140, top up as much as possible under £400, sell at £13,000. Buy back at £5,000, sell at £8,000, buy again at £5,000, sell again at £6,500, buy again at £2,600, and sell at £10,000, that should make you very rich, just "buy bitcoin" is very likely to see you buy it at £200, and sell it at £400, thinking you've done great!