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Sell yourself, sell your work

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449 points ColinWright | 1 comments | 25 Mar 25 21:35 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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stocknoob ◴[25 Mar 25 23:52 UTC] No.43477361[source]▶
My standard advice:

For any young programmers: live within your means, invest the difference, become independent, and work on what you enjoy. It’s the best (work related) gift you can give yourself. Skip the self promotion politics unless you enjoy it.

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scoot ◴[26 Mar 25 00:29 UTC] No.43477600[source]▶
I get what you (intended to) mean, but living within your means doesn’t leave anything to invest - you just don’t have a growing mountain of debt.
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1. forgetfreeman ◴[26 Mar 25 01:41 UTC] No.43477989[source]▶
Respectfully disagree. If you're maxing out your spend so at the end of the month there is no surplus you aren't living within your means. For a lot of folks this is an ugly necessity, but programmers generally aren't in this group.