Ask HN: What Have Been Your Biggest Regrets In Life?
Inspired by this post a few days ago:
Ask HN: Turned 25, Give Me Your Best Advice for the Next 25 Years? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45711816
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Please share your mistakes so other people can avoid the same pitfalls! This can be in your life, career, business and/or relationships.
I am sure many people will find this post valuable.
Thank you!
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I shared an office with a bunch of crypto enthusiasts in 2010 when I was running my first startup. They kept going on about Bitcoin and how I should get some because money would be obsolete in a few years. I thought they were silly (and I still do) but I could have a very different lifestyle now if I'd had some foresight.
It's not really a regret though. Just a missed opportunity. I'm a little more open-minded about tech now.
Yeah, I clearly remember the day when bitcoin hit 37 cents. I thought, “this is interesting enough to make a $50 bet on.” I started looking into how to make a wallet and actually acquire s the BTC, and decided it wasn’t worth the time effort. That would have been about 3 hours, including a round trip to the closest bitcoin ATM.
The first big regret I thought of is kind of related: I wish I’d learned more about investing. I have a retirement account but that’s it, and when I had more disposable income I had no idea how to go about getting started.
The lesson is to gamble on things that are either a) fun like btc, or b) you personally see it as a viable product in the future.
What would you do different now in terms of investment. Tell us who wish to learn.
But... Would you have held?
Edit: those guys that told you about it, are they wealthy now?
Not telling her I wanted her when she was receptive.
Ahhh the one that got away. You often reminisce of what it could have been like.