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throwaway7658 | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: How can I make the most out of high school?

The less you worry about what you're missing out on the happier you'll be. Focus on what you can and want to do.

TV and anime makes carefree socializing in high school look better than it is.

Colleee is usually a lot better time for socializing than high school, espicially if you're ambitious and nerdy.

Find other ambitious nerdy people that share the things you're excuted about. This will probably be much easier to do in high school.

throwaway7658 | 7 years ago | on: Why I lost $42,500 making a VR game

phrasing it as losing money this way is dishonest attention seeking.

If a friend told me a group lost $10k making a game over the weekend, i'd freak out

throwaway7658 | 9 years ago | on: Data on the uselessness of LinkedIn endorsements

I wouldnt start my marketing spiel with "get a job at uber" unless I was going to follow it with "... and bring your wiiiifeeee"

throwaway7658 | 9 years ago | on: The Japanese language puts students at a disadvantage

This would be a fascinating article if it had more data to back it up. As it is, it seems like some far stretching intentionally inflammatory hyperbole that explores some interesting concepts.

throwaway7658 | 9 years ago | on: Ask HN: What happens to people who graduate and can't find an entry job?

I dont think a CS degree from a non-high-end school moves your career very far unless you want to work for the gov (have you given that a shot?).

So think of yourself as a person whos built a couple of websites. An internship would be a huge step up.

Think about what kind of technologies you want to work in. Do you want to do web dev? You should probably learn a popular mvc framework (laravel, rails, django, Etc)