I recall @pg 's essay immediately: "WHAT YOU'LL WISH YOU'D KNOWN" http://www.paulgraham.com/hs.html http://www.paulgraham.com/hs.html here is what he wrote:

I recall @pg 's essay immediately: "WHAT YOU'LL WISH YOU'D KNOWN" http://www.paulgraham.com/hs.html http://www.paulgraham.com/hs.html here is what he wrote: If I were back in high school and someone asked about my plans, I'd say that my first priority was to learn what the options were. Silicon Valley, or people on HN generally, are doing this unconsciously. I was shock that a lot of (non tech)people accept things as they are (as default). They let phone APP like LinkedIn scan and grab the contact list; buy things that are in the trend; over estimate price but underestimate value, etc. ADs is good only if they introduce something new, CES-ish new, something that are not in the trend but available up on request. Something that you are not aware of, hope we get to that type of ad-era soon enough.