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If you could go back in time and give your younger self one piece of advice, what would it be?

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Background: I'm about to start my corporate journey and one of the advices I recieved was 
"Don't take things personally, and treat most feedback as a chance to improve and not resent!" 

What would you advice your younger self, about to step out in the corporate world? 

Drop some wisdom!

What advice would you give to your younger self?

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What is that one piece of advice you’d give your younger self or someone who’s starting off now after working for a few years. 

Mine would be that despite the hunger to prove yourself always take the time off to enjoy your success both personally and with people close to you. 

Time is something you’ll never get back.

One advice you’d give yourself now after having a few years of work exp

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Women of grapevine, if you had to share one advice with your younger self what would it be?

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I'll go first,

I would perhaps slap my past self and ask him to not study too hard for the JEE, take some time off and fetch more life experiences.

If you had the chance to go back in time and change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

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What’s the best advice you’d give to your younger self?

This question is to people who are in their late 20s or older.


Life shows its ups and downs to pretty much everyone. And when you are younger, living with adverse situations that impact your mental peace and health, paving your way becomes difficult. All this can lead to uncertainty about future, can make you doubt yourself and your decisions, or can make you think whether you would be able to make something of yourself or not.


If you ever felt like this, how did you handle it? What would you tell your younger self about how to navigate through these situations and feelings?

How did you figure things out?

Software Engineer

My overall education started a bit late than normal people due to my fathers transfers and school admission rules. Consequently when I applied for JEE Advanced back in 2017 i was 19.5 years old.  I got it but wasnt satisfied so dropped a year and got a better rank. I was 20.5 years old when I finally joined IIT. 
Somewhere subconciously throughout my college life i felt that I did achieve what I wanted to but really late. I know theres nothing I could do about it but this was something still killing me inside. Most of my batchmates where 18 year olds and even the ones who dropped where at most 19. 

I always wanted to pursue my masters and phd but somewhere at the back of my mind I feel I would have to go theough the same feelings again. It just kills me so much inside. 

Currently I have completed 2 years as a software engineer and I am 26 years old. 
On one part my mind tells me that I am made for much more than just an IT job and should go to academia. On the other hand it feels like I am too old for it. 

I dont know what to do. I am not able to rationalize my thoughts. I am not able to understand how can I bring myself to overcome my fears and achieve what i really want in life.

A subconcious insecurity

This quote I read - you will get old irrespective of your masters and PHD degrees too.
Might as well be old with them.

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Hi guys,I wanted to know what financial mistakes or right things that you did at 24 yr.Which changed your perspective to see the life.And as a 24-year-old software engineer what should I focus on my next 5 years both personally and financially ?

What will you give an advice to 24yr old me

I graduated recently with a computer science related degree and since my  childhood I told my parents that I will be an ias officer and prepare for upsc , iam telling the same till the last 2 day's, my parents got there hopes up alot and they are searching institutes to join me and all stuff for the past 3 years but yesterday I told them that I want to pursue masters and go into tech field . They are extremely upset and there's no communication for the past 2 days and everyone around including other family members trying to convince me to go for ias  coaching . What to do ?

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What’s the best piece of advice you’d give to a junior developer?

If you could ask your future self one question, what would it be?

Some background, I went to a T-1 school for my undergrad. Did many great internships and went to several hackathons around the globe. Made great money doing GSoC in my second year. I was the happiest back then. I was making more money than any of my friends, the world was for taking and I was Alexander, the world ripe for conquering.

Fast forward to today and I think I have done a disservice to my potential. Even if I still am the pot-smoking liberal teen that I was, I feel that I could have taken extreme risks when I was young. I could have still gotten my current job easily. I hardly work more than 3-4 hours in a day. I am always wondering what to do with my time and it feels like life has stagnated with nothing to look forward to except how much money I can realistically make over time. 

I feel when I look in the mirror, I am still the same person I was. Except, I have lost some hair ofcourse and some hair has turned white(blame bangalore water ig?). Here is my advice to anyone young, hungry, smart and ambitious...

You only miss the shots you never take. So take your chances and shoot your shots. No one cares about you as much as you do. So if you got one life, why wouldn't you make it the best movie that it can ever be?

Ps: I am looking for new ideas to start my own new venture. If any VCs are interested in hearing my idea, you can reach out to me in DMs. I will share my Calendly there.

Sometimes I feel that the purpose of my life(28M/42L) is more than this.

Well some need to reach that level of earning to realize and be in a position to act upon it. You wouldn’t be lost if finance was ur biggest concern. All this mid life crisis happens when all ur needs are met. One fact remains that in ur movie of life u wouldn’t want to watch parts of urself when u r just chasing after money.

I am a final year student who would be graduating in next few months , many of you guys were at my place few years back and I am gonna through same stage of age that you all already went through , what piece of advice would you like to give me regarding finances, career , relationship and most crucial aspects of early 20s to early 30s as per experience that you gained . Dos and don'ts... ?

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If I had gotten this advice during my undergrad, I would have done things very differently. 
Maybe for most of us it might feel a little out of touch but it tells you the realest advice.

"Focus on what matters, not on what looks better" ❤️

Your time is precious.

Share this with someone who needs this advice. ✨

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Based on comments Jo career pe focus Kiya use chahiye ladki, aur Jo ladki pe focus Kiya use chahiye career. Grass is always greener on other side.

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Help your brothers

I'm in late 20's now. 
  
 To my bro's in their early 20's: 
  
 "Please priorities your fitness. Aim to establish a routine and get into a shape you yourself are comfortable with and proud of."

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