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Hi Frens, I’m looking for some life advice from anyone older than me. What are your biggest life regrets? and what would you do differently if you could do it all again.

>be me
>21 years old
>graduated university a few days ago
>3.7 GPA
>Management Information Systems: Cybersecurity major

I got lucky, and I do have a job that is a continuation of the internship I had last summer. I work as a Network Engineer for a medium/large sized organization, and their HQ is only a few miles from my parents house. I went to college for very cheap total cost for 4 years was around $25,000 (which included my rent + car) and I only have $15,000 in debt, but my father has said he will pay that for me.

So essentially, the world is my oyster. I can move anywhere, do anything. Should I stick with my current career path of Information Technology? or are other career paths better? I’m an open book and can do anything. I also have a small investment portfolio worth $3,000 or so. Thanks Frens

>> No.19155360

buy ESH, major exchanges soon

>> No.19155409

>>19155350
Start a side hustle as soon as possible, you need a way to decouple your time from your income

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>>19155360
I had turned $500 into $30,000 on “degenerate” Tesla options plays, but then lost it doing the same strategy, bring my portfolio down to $3,000

I also invested in Harmony One when it came out and got burned, so I’m not a big fan of unknown crypto projects, (for now). What’s everyone’s thoughts on LINK I’m still highly interested in LINK and DCA-ing

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>>19155409
Yeah, that has become apparent to me due to coronachan, I see way to many people with $0 in savings / investments, and only their “job” as their source of income.

My mother has had friends of her, call her crying, begging for money (even though she’s kind of poor herself).

So far my “side hustles” have been “trading stocks” at work, and stashing my money in LINK, and mutual funds.

What’s a good “small business” I can start with low overhead, as It will be a side project?

>> No.19155536

>>19155350
Work on solidifying your position within the company. Make positive connections and don’t burn any bridges. If your company offers any kind of technical training that can expand your skills then do it. You need experience to add to your resume and you need to show that you’re wanting to learn.

Why is your dad paying your student loan? You should offer to pay that unless he’s incredibly wealthy. Don’t be a burden on your parents like so many others are right now.

>> No.19155614

>>19155350
don't waste your 20's.
invest alot throughout your 20.

when you get to 30, try to have at least 300k saved up or invested.


pretty much, you want to buy 10k links and wait until you are 30.

>> No.19155667

>>19155350
take risk and chances in your 20's. be willing to live with little to nothing. don't take on debts.

get married and have kids by early 30s, so you have the next decade to formulate some kind of financial bedrock to make that happen.

>> No.19155701

>>19155536
Yeah, I got lucky, and my boss thinks I’m the best employee he has, I’m hard working, and I do anything asked of me.

It’s nice because I have over a year of experience in Information Technology, and I just graduated a few days ago. My boss is fair, and really a nice guy, the pay isn’t great, but I am willing to stick with the company as the experience will greatly increase my income potential.

My Dad is moderately wealthy, when I was a child/ in high school, the only reason I went to college was due to his constant encouragement and him saying that he would pay. My older brother went to a private college, and my Dad paid for the full $135,000 bill, my total college cost was only $25,000 as I went to community college, then university. But yes, most likely I will pay off my own debt, as I have some talent in investing.

My brother has a substance abuse problem, so my Dad has been stuck paying his rent and having to “carry” him through life, so I may give back and pay my own debt.

>> No.19155710

>>19155536
>Work on solidifying your position within the company. Make positive connections and don’t burn any bridges. If your company offers any kind of technical training that can expand your skills then do it. You need experience to add to your resume and you need to show that you’re wanting to learn.
Do everything this anon posted. Also what do you think you wanna do in your career? Do you just wanna do what you went to school for and collect a paycheck? Or do you wanna expand skills beyond that to let you jump around within this field? If the latter, pick up golang or python and learn to make infrastructure from scratch. I can tell you from experience that having the knowledge to just build solutions a company may not have the budget to buy from amazon or something makes you so stupidly stupidly valuable it isn’t even funny.
I built an ETL system from scratch on our windows server because we couldn’t get airflows on it and we couldn’t switch to Linux. Not super impressive to what some fags here do but to normies it makes you look like a god. So I expanded that shit and made it so modular that other projects now use the server for the microservices I built and we also use it to show off capabilities to win new business.
After building all that I basically get to fuck around 90% of the time and no one questions me because I have a reputation of solving tech problems quickly.

>> No.19155750

Don’t work in an office. It’s boring.

>> No.19155753

>>19155350
33 years here...

Don't ever stop working through your 20's, even if you get passive income going.

Screen women like you would if you were hiring a business associate. Don't waste time, but when you find one that will do, lock it in and start making babies. (It's all work, an investment. You want to do a background check as well, as in understand her own family dynamics.)

Forget MGTOW that's gay. Most normal women wwill natural follow your lead. => learn to lead a woman.

Learn about the history of money. (Youtube Money Masters 3-4hr documentary to get you started.)

Understand the history of banking, gold and silver, central banking and wars.

Start buying silver. If you don't care about holding it yourself, go to bullionvault.com.

Start learning about copywriting, advertising, marketing. (Gary Halbert, John Caples "Tested Advertising Methods", Eugene Schwartz, Scientific Advertising by Claude Hopkins)

Salesmanship. Copywriting is salesmanship in print.

Workout. If you don't like gyms, do calesthenics at home. Solid 2 or 3 workouts a week for 30 minutes is all you need. Have a program and just mark what you did. Track->progress.

Stay sober. Stay sober. Don't smoke weed or tobacco. Stay sober. Stay sober.

Porn is jewish warfare on the world. Be at war with it. Don't be a slave.

Have many, many, many sources of info. No one source will give you what you need.

Understand history is written by the victors. Victor does not equal good guys.

Seek truth, even if it hurts. Even if it means having to unlearn what you think you know. Even if it means you've been wrong about everything your while life.

If you don't, you will be tossed around like a rag doll by this world. Seek truth. Learn how the world actually works. Don't rest in your understanding. You know nothing and basically never will.

You graduated. Congrats. The real learning starts now. Never ends. Good luck.

>> No.19155815

>>19155753
Most based post I've seen in awhile. Heed this anon's advice >>19155350 .

>> No.19155887

>>19155409
>>19155489
Yeah but what the fuck can I do as a side hustle? I’d do anything that doesn’t require a predeveloped skill like programming. I’m looking at breeding reptiles because keeping/collecting them is already a hobby And some can be profitable but that’s all I have and it wouldn’t exactly start making any money in my first year.

>> No.19155906

>>19155753
Thanks friend, I currently live in a bad neighborhood, but once I move back home, I’m going to start aquiring silver, I have seen lot’s of information on how physical silver is one of the most “suppressed” assets on the planet.

Also, I have seen 1st hand what you are talking about with Women. I really, honsetly, have gotten to the point where I don’t really care what a women looks like. I just want to do exactly, as you said and find someone who I can live with / have kids with. Ideally, I want someone who share my dream of owning a small lake house.

I see a lot of my friends “chasing” girls that are so stuck-up and hard to please. I just want a nice girl, who enjoys the simple things like, home cooked meals and good weather.

Also thanks to /biz/ I got lucky. I found a good paying job, with a good boss, I have investments, and I got /fit/ I was an obese child and lost 75 pounds between 18-19 so fitness is important to me.

>> No.19155909

>>19155815
Thanks boss.

I'll just add this: time keeps accelerating, and accelerating. You'll be 30 before you know it, even though it may not feel that way.

>> No.19155948

>>19155753
This is based except for advising him to have babies. That’s not a good investment for someone young who needs to focus on themselves for a while before starting a family.

>> No.19155976

>>19155350

hey, late 20s anon here. College level IT degree, can code anything, worked as sysadmin for a while and devops engineer,. here's my advice:

- working hard doesn't pay off, value your health above everything else
- devops and codemonkey jobs are the computer jew. if you want to have a comfy job, don't do operations, you will be the one working hard.

if you really like computers and IT ( I did too ). then I suggest you work a few years in the field and then try to get into a management position. Personally I went out of the IT business. I now work something else, earn just as much, no stress. honestly Computer science tier jobs are one of the hardest ones in terms of having to perform and stuff. it sucks its slave tier. many pajeets want your job and they do it at 1/5th the cost.


Anyway for me I started hating computers and internet about 4 or 5 years into the IT field. I was programming since 14 year old. I really don't like any of that bullshit anymore. Also it ruiined my eyesight. I'm fixing that now.
dunno if I actually already gave some advice. Working (hard) is for idiots thats my advice. wokring in an office building / cubicle behind a computer is worse than doing drugs socially regularly. the office building is a den of degeneration.

The added issue with IT jobs is that they r usually around Telecomunication areas of importance. So then you have a few cellphone towers next to the building zapping you full of cancer together with all the wifi repeaters in your office bulilding, makes for a fine sure way to degrade into a mess of unhapiness.

so my advice for you comes down to this: Get out of computer code monkey or operations job as soon as possible cause it will destroy you slowly.

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>>19155753
that is a quality post, anon.

>> No.19155989

>>19155667
Part of “don’t take on debts” is “don’t assume that you’ll make a lot more money in the near future”. It’s the ultimate debt temptation/trap

>> No.19156025

>>19155887
start a jewtube channel, unironically

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>>19155350
Codemonkey faggot. What a loser lmao

>> No.19156056

>>19155887
Jewtube channel focused on reptiles doing cute/adorable shit - use a name that implies you are feminine, in the meantime you also breed them

>> No.19156063

>>19155976
Ok seems smart to me, that’s exactly what I was concerned about. If I may ask? What do you do for work now?

I’ve learned that I am good at learning, I can have a good grasp on “somewhat complicated” ideas pretty quickly.

>> No.19156313

>>19155350
Your major sounds like one of the most topical and lucrative one's to have at this point. I work with IT people a lot and they all say that security is the future. So great job on that.

Advice? Save save save. Start a 401K (businesses match your input). You are on /biz/ so if you have the time and inclination to keep up to date on various investment strategies, then do just that but realize it's not easy. Importantly be patient, don't look at week or month long trends, look at long term.

Crypto is fun, but it requires a lot of faith, time and patience and you can easily delude yourself in the fantasy world of 1000x returns.

Depending on where you live save up to buy/put a mortgage down on a house. I bought a house 8 years ago, as all my friends rents go up mine remains static and eventually I will never have to pay rent again/will have a sizable asset. It's also nicer than an apartment. It's also not throwing money away. This is my strongest advice if you can pull it off.

Don't spend money on luxuries. In your 20's cool cars and fancy things are like drugs. But wanting the thing is better than having the thing. Your 30's will thank you. All this advice is boring and cliche, and difficult and you have to be disciplined, but it pays off.

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Consider Christianity. It took me a while, but there's more truth and beauty there than anywhere else.
I've looked all over.

>> No.19156428

Women only care about being liked.

So let me paint it like this
>Guy wants to read a book, reads it, becomes smarter
>Woman wants to be seen reading a book, reads it in public wanting people to see her reading it and think she must be so smart

Women are kind of like wet clay. If there are people she likes who she wants to like her, she'll literally meld into whatever they value, for better or worse.

They mostly run on a subconscious. It helps to be Chad or work to having Chad qualities so she likes you subconsciously and basically becomes what you want because she likes you and wants you to like her. Go to the gym, groom yourself, dress well, be confident, etc.

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>>19156063
Right now I work in between Business and IT. I work as "Data manager" but its not really IT. Hard do explain, however. I'm now looking to even move away from this cause I want to be even more free. So now I'm going for Facility manager positions. Basically managing a building. I just want to get away from the computer. it stole my eyesight.

I have to say I don't really have to work if I don't want to due to having decent inheritance waiting. Also where I live you are taxed 50% to 60% if you earn more than 40k thousand euros /year so working hard here is extremely dumb. I bought into crypto in 2017 and made as much as working and saving 5 to 10 years.


So yeah, I'm looking to get into a "building manager" position.
I can't really give you much advice about jobs and working cause I've learned its all bullshit. 95% of jobs and business are completely useless. they make useless products to drive capitalistic ways. Being a Mechanic or an engineer is cool but its hard work and if you are working in a factory that makes plastic toys for kids.. You are basically just giving your talent to create waste and destroy the planet. I hope you get what I mean.

I can give you advice that actually matters though but its general life and health advice. the things that matter.

>> No.19156501

>>19156337
Have you looked at Alan Watts?

>> No.19156519

>>19155350

i'm 36, I guess my biggest life regret is not drinking and partying more in my 20s

>> No.19156546

>>19156501
No, but I've been recommended Watts before and might have a speech of his saved. Having you bring him up in this context makes me more interested.
Why should I check him out?
You recommend his books or speeches?

>> No.19156624

>>19155976
> working hard doesn't pay off, value your health above everything else

Seconding this. Remember to always look out for yourself over the company. Good guy points hardly get you anywhere, and if you want a significant salary increase you jump ship elsewhere.

>> No.19156708

>>19156337
I can also vouch for Christianity its great. I became Christian only a few years ago.

>>19156337
>>19156063
So here's my other life tips and tricks

- sleep is important, try to get rid of your alarm clock
- vegetarism is a death cult. Meat and animal products are superior nutrition. Vegetables are completely useless nutrition wise. Grains are slave food, any type of seed is slave food and for birds. Your health will prosper on Meat and animal products + in season fruit and berries
- God is important. Religion is based. Atheists can't grasp anything they can't see/feel/measure. Science is their God.
- Glasses are a crutch and you can fix your eyesight naturally. Many people went from -4 to perfect vision. it takes dedication tho.
- if you have a perfect diet. You wont need to brush your teeth much. Going further, toothpaste actually prohibits your teeth from self-regeneration. yes the dentist is basically yet another Jew you don't actually need if you know and apply wisdom I'm sharing here.

some more jews :

The shampoo jew : You dn't need to use shampoo at all and actually, using it is what makes your hair keep getting fatty/greasy every other day.
The toothpaste jew: see above
The Glasses jew: see above


Some more general advices

- meditation is important its how you listen to God
- prayer is important its how you talk to God
- Believing in God only has advantages.
- The body is the temple of God
- Read the Bible and the Kybalion.

Good luck.


Laterino frenderino

>> No.19156732

>>19156428
Girls just want to have fun. Women want to be entertained. This is essentially true for all humanity but women especially as they're more emotionally driven. That's why they like spontaneity and ambition. They want to feel. Nice guys finish last because they're safe, predictable and basically boring.

Men's sexuality is based on visuals. Women think differently about sex, they internalize sex. If you were a woman (could have sex with anyone at the drop of a hat), think about how that would shape your brain throughout evolution. Sex becomes more tied into an emotional event rather than a physical one, sex itself no longer becomes the goal, but foreplay, the mind (games), every sensitivity that surrounds sex becomes heightened.

>> No.19156742

>>19156546
I’m not the other guy that replied to you but I can tell you that Christianity isn’t the answer. It’s just another Abrahamic religion like Judaism and Islam. Alan Watts was aware of the bigger picture and I also think you should check him out.

>> No.19156792

>>19156546
Definitely his lectures. He is familiar with western/eastern religion (eastern ideologies are essentially ignored in the west) and while his ideas might not technically align with your own, in terms of learning more about your faith and the deeper questions - he is incredibly insightful.

>> No.19156834

>>19156708
>became Christian only a few years ago
>Religion is based
>Glasses are a crutch and you can fix your eyesight naturally. Many people went from -4 to perfect vision.

Get help dude. You’re delusional and a danger to others. -4 vision wtf does that even mean you pseudoscience moron?

>> No.19156948

>>19156834
>>19155350
another life advice for you : never waste time on argueing with idiots or morons online.

>> No.19157011

>>19156792
I'll give him a listen. Thanks anon!

>> No.19157034

21 yo here

What’s essential shit to have done by 25?

>> No.19157255

>>19157034
Be disciplined.
This means being able to endure tough shit. Work out hard, challenge yourself mentally every day (could be work, but I prefer through books and hobbies), and develop a control over your emotions.

Try something new, even if you fail. Start a business like others have recommended. Talk to the pretty girl. Climb a mountain.

>> No.19157298

>>19156948
You should definitely check out Alan Watts as well. I’m sorry but OP doesn’t need advice from a religious nut that calls for abandonment of normal behavior. I was a Christian too for many years and I’m not an atheist either btw.

>> No.19157401

>>19157298
Watts kind of went off the deep end but his breakdown of the acceptance of death is really really good.

I think creating a set of frameworks for yourself and being able to move between them is very important. Once you have your principles down its just a matter of following them.

>> No.19157456

>>19156834
>-4 vision wtf does that even mean
....anon that’s eye power, a measure of dioptre

Only listen to advice on what to do from people who are actually successful, losers like this anon are useful in they show you what NOT to do. 4chan obviously makes this difficult to do, but having to filter through this shit is normal in everyday conversation and you’ll become an expert at it if you’re not by know. The anonymity here does allow for more candid tips than you’ll get from some boomer “success story” though

>> No.19157470

>>19155350
33 year old anon here, it's the second year i make six figures a year (euros) with engineering job at car maker. My biggest advice concerning career: Never hesitate to change your position and to move on. Changing positions and finally the company were the only things i really could significantly raise my income. Big part of every supervisor's job is to have you stick with the line, to stay and to believe in the illusion you can get on in your momentary position.

>> No.19157484

>>19155350
sergay betrayed us all, we were supposed to be all in this together

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>>19157484
>>19156708
Thank you frens, and everyone who has posted in this thread. The reality is the community on /biz is full of lifesavers.

I took the /biz pill, my older brother took the leftist pill, He went to the most expensive college he could, moved to Chicago after college, and he became miserable.

I took the community college, then University pill, and I have been very successful thus far.

I enjoy my life and am hopeful of the opportunities that may be presented to me in the future. Thank you all for your great advice!

>> No.19157673

>>19157618
Good life to you fren and nice thread

>> No.19157700

>>19157618
Didn't participate in the thread but wish you the best in life fren

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>>19157618
you'll be fine!
Frens for ever!
P.S you should probably take up another fren.
Fren Jesus!!!!!!! oooooooooooooooooooooo

>> No.19157754

>>19155350
awe, you sound like you have things going pretty well for you :) best of luck. quick comment: someone mentioned getting out of code monkey stuff as quickly as possible. fwiw, i work at a faang as a software dev and i do the minimum amount of work. i probably work 3hrs a day on average. i spend most of my time on various side projects and researching investments. being a decent software dev doesn't equal being a burned-out code monkey

>> No.19158472

>>19156546
Both his speeches and books are good, I like the books more because he says the same things he does in speeches but it goes more in-depth; You can start by reading "Just so" it's really short and it shares interesting concepts.

>>19156708

Can you explain how do they fix their vision? I'm close to -5 and doctors have told me that if I let it become worse it'll basically turn into death spiral for me. I once went to a clinic to ask for lasik but they told me they couldn't do it to me yet and I never asked again. So I've let years pass by and I'm still wondering what do

>> No.19158557

>>19155976
Currently about 6 months into working at a big tech company in silicon valley, it's comfy but I hate it and like you said, I know i need to get out. How would you recommend doing so, considering I'm a contract-based engineer, and not a FTE?

>> No.19159009

>>19155350
you dont need life advice faggot, you're doing just fine.

>> No.19159037

>>19158472
Ok so I researched this topic for a decent amount of time. This is the knowledge you need about the eye; the TL;DR: The eye is an adaptive organ. it adapts to the situation you put it in. Doing a lot of close up work basically trains your eye / adjusts it and you will lose being able to see far because. you : sit infront of the computer too much, read too much, don't take breaks. When you look at things closeby, your eye muscles are in a state of contraction. when you are looking at things far away, your eyes are in a state of relaxation. You have developed issues with being able te relax your eyes and lost being able to see far due to constant year in year out bad vision habits ( sitting infront of a computer ).

What you can do to fix it:

You need to start practicing vision. Looking as far as possible as much as possible. The key to getting better at seeing far is.. unironically trying to see far. it's simple but very hard. You have to spend hours a day looking far. trying to focus etc etc. its a complete vision therapy and it will take atleast a year or more to fix your vision. but you can do it.


I didn't watch this video but reading the comments its in the right direction for more info if you need it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9dNH4tcNjU

This one might help you I cant find the actual ones I watched but its in the right direction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnpVXm55mfw

also these terms/tags will help you :

Active focus
bates method
perfect vision

>> No.19159220

>>19158472
oh heres one of the vids I thought was a really good one , this dude improved his eyesight from -3 or something to -1 in a year. deff listen to this one he has some good info


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwC9y4WKZ7o

>> No.19159246

>>19158472
>>19159037
>>19159220
>>19158472
One year ago I started improving my eyesight with Jake Steiner's reduced lens method. AND I HAVE HAD BIG GAINS!!! L-3.00 R-3.75 down to L-1.00 R-1.25! At this rate I should be 20/20 by 2020! Myopia is NOT GENETIC, it's all about habits, and best of all it's REVERSIBLE!
>>19159220

>> No.19159332

>>19156708
very extra superbly based post.
i have fixed my eyesight too and couldn't put my finger exactly on what was wrong with the toothpaste jew (flouride too)
also, avoid carbs and processed sugar and coffee is not good for you.

>> No.19159438

>>19155422
LINK is a scam. Avoid it at all costs. It's literally pegged to the price of a cup of coffee and will never go above $4

>> No.19159464

Don't waste your life working for someone else if you can avoid it.
Being NEET isn't easy, the loss of status can be very painful for some, but hey, freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.

>> No.19159663

>>19156445
Except you're wrong, computers can't damage eyesight.

>> No.19159688

>>19159246
>>19159220
>>19159037
Thanks fren, if this works out you''d be basically saving my life from blindness

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>>19156519
>my biggest regret is not drinking more

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>be madly in love with a girl
>Go over to her house one night
>Don't sleep with her because my self esteem was at rock bottom
>She starts dating someone else
>Live a life of lonely misery

Don't be like me.

>> No.19160963

>>19157456
look up gettingstronger.org. Has to do with hormeticism

>> No.19161820

>>19160963
How is that relevant to my post?

>> No.19162934

>>19155350
Divorce is very expensive. And the more you wait, the more expensive it gets. If you realize marriage is not working, best to terminate ASAP. Dont stay together "for the sake of the kids" or such nonsense. Save your sanity, save your finance.

>> No.19163348

>>19162934
>if it doesn't work, it wasn't meant to be, think only about yourself.

Are you a boomer, Jewish, or both?

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Find Jesus.

That's all that matters.