Mastodawn

abadidea Sep 22, 2025

Just realized I forgot to post my annual advice to college students before the school year started – but well, it's never too late to start:

- GOING THE FUCK TO CLASS

- GOING THE FUCK TO BED

- DOING YOUR FUCKING HOMEWORK

THIS IS THE MAGICAL TRINITY OF NOT HATING YOURSELF OR FEELING YOU'VE RUINED YOUR LIFE

YOU CAN ASK OTHERS FOR HELP

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abadidea Sep 22, 2025

every time I post this I get a bunch of people well past the college phase of their life saying "this is good advice"/"wish I'd done that" and a bunch of people less than halfway through college saying "nahhhh, no need to do all that, because of xyz hyperspecific reason that applies at this exact instant" as they slam the accelerator towards a brick wall

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Richard Stephens Sep 22, 2025

@0xabad1dea at some point a few years back I was advising a junior and I realized that if the roles were reversed I probably wouldn’t take the advice seriously.

Some things camnot be taught, they have to be learned first-hand.

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Daanlo

@richardstephens @0xabad1dea I find in mentoring, you can only teach people what they already know. But hearing it from a mentor allows them to fully embrace what they already knew.