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how do you find out what path to take in life?

serious question. for bros in their early/mid 20's still fig...
Lemon big stock car bawdyhouse
  10/14/14
This is me to a T. I have no idea what the FUCK to do. I'm a...
passionate mentally impaired indirect expression
  10/14/14
whatever gets you pattaya fastest without making you lose yo...
gay aphrodisiac factory reset button
  10/14/14
pattaya
gay aphrodisiac factory reset button
  10/14/14
Cr, saving enough money to leave the TTT us and live like a ...
walnut shitlib jew
  10/14/14
i would move to certain european countries but Thailand? fuc...
Lemon big stock car bawdyhouse
  10/14/14
White expat means you'll always get laid and you can always ...
walnut shitlib jew
  10/14/14
before you get drugged and killed?
Lemon big stock car bawdyhouse
  10/14/14
that doesn't happen in pattaya. check out http://nomadlist.i...
gay aphrodisiac factory reset button
  10/14/14
Neat, tyft
Idiotic main people
  10/27/14
slide and let do. You gotta face failure in the face
Sienna curious sweet tailpipe
  10/14/14
my therapist says this is a common problem for us early/mind...
Sienna curious sweet tailpipe
  10/14/14
"feels good?" eating cake feels good.
Lemon big stock car bawdyhouse
  10/14/14
Here's an upper bound: Do what you love doesn't mean, do wha...
gay aphrodisiac factory reset button
  10/14/14
good stuff
misunderstood knife
  10/14/14
Scholarship.
Wonderful regret
  10/14/14
RSF would do well to read that essay
gay aphrodisiac factory reset button
  10/14/14
seriously cr
Histrionic drab clown
  10/14/14
Thanks for reminding me of this.
Idiotic main people
  10/27/14
from the dork who compares programming to painting.
Low-t School Cafeteria Fanboi
  10/27/14
Was Ok til the last few paragraphs. 1. Try to do somethin...
blue high-end old irish cottage
  11/05/14
yeah kinda at least with (xo 2007) most poasters here might...
Idiotic main people
  11/06/14
you have to have a job. pick the job that feel good. i didn'...
Sienna curious sweet tailpipe
  10/14/14
"a society where each individual is obligated to contri...
gay aphrodisiac factory reset button
  10/14/14
im prole, ive adopted this mentality out of necessity
Sienna curious sweet tailpipe
  10/14/14
i don't know but kinda think you should go all in one path o...
Comical beta orchestra pit
  10/14/14
agreed
Lemon big stock car bawdyhouse
  10/14/14
...
passionate mentally impaired indirect expression
  10/14/14
in the end, it doesn't really matter, so long as you've foun...
Rusted puppy dopamine
  10/14/14
So in other words not shittigation
cracking affirmative action
  10/14/14
I read this in a linkin park rap
Idiotic main people
  10/27/14
Answer: reading, networking, trial and error. Reading: co...
marvelous wrinkle
  10/14/14
Cr
Swashbuckling deer antler
  10/15/14
this is actually good occasionally you should really go d...
Contagious tattoo
  10/15/14
also op u sound like a real big fag when ur 2 life choices a...
marvelous wrinkle
  10/14/14
explain how thats faggety. not everyone gets to pick between...
gay aphrodisiac factory reset button
  10/14/14
because being some form of kike parasite arent the only choi...
Histrionic drab clown
  10/14/14
REDUCTIVE MASTERMAN because they're two of the worst, saf...
marvelous wrinkle
  10/14/14
op does not actually have these options. op is doobs
Sienna curious sweet tailpipe
  10/14/14
you end up somewhere and look back on how you got there
naked pit partner
  10/14/14
...determinism?
Lemon big stock car bawdyhouse
  10/14/14
it's easier to see a path if you can recall where you've alr...
naked pit partner
  10/14/14
assuming u are connected and rich, just go work for a pre ip...
Maroon becky church
  10/14/14
this is what I wish I had done. i should have taken that sh...
Blathering thriller tanning salon
  10/14/14
Many approaches. Whatever you do, don't let life pick your p...
at-the-ready site
  10/14/14
Impossible without savings or support
Idiotic main people
  10/27/14
Also JD/MBA is a FUCKING SCAM. Do not do that. Fucking pi...
at-the-ready site
  10/14/14
lol thanks, trying to avoid either tho
Lemon big stock car bawdyhouse
  10/14/14
Fair enough. My advice? Go do something dangerous and fun...
at-the-ready site
  10/14/14
right now im running my own business. im considering expandi...
Lemon big stock car bawdyhouse
  10/14/14
Oh for sure. Can't take risks when you have a family
at-the-ready site
  10/14/14
(guy who is not Mitt Romney)
Sadistic Burgundy Pisswyrm
  10/15/14
Dude. Irrelevant. Right?
at-the-ready site
  10/15/14
Actually, If you have the means (a big qualifier, I know)...
Emerald boiling water resort
  10/27/14
vitamix
Chartreuse theater brethren
  10/15/14
Nobody knows. Just do something. See what you like/don't lik...
Swashbuckling deer antler
  10/15/14
idk but I don't think this is it Surprises me more smart du...
Idiotic main people
  10/27/14
lol what? PhD is the biggest grind of all and is literally p...
Emerald boiling water resort
  10/27/14
You don't like warm embraces?
Idiotic main people
  10/27/14
Like it's just unfathomable to me to go through high school ...
Idiotic main people
  10/27/14
you seem dumb dude. academia is the LEAST creative, adventur...
Emerald boiling water resort
  10/27/14
Academia is the only one that offers a chill life tho
cracking affirmative action
  10/27/14
academia is less creative than banking or law? industries th...
Low-t School Cafeteria Fanboi
  10/27/14
...
Idiotic main people
  10/27/14
Hey FAGGOT. The ENTIRE POINT of my POAST is that BANKING and...
Emerald boiling water resort
  10/27/14
only desperately uncreative convention bound gooks like you ...
Low-t School Cafeteria Fanboi
  10/28/14
if the salaries were anywhere near comparable, that would be...
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  10/27/14
Which would suggest it's all about money, and so this whole ...
Idiotic main people
  10/27/14
180 poast, if only for the phrase "kooky PhDs"
Sadistic Burgundy Pisswyrm
  10/27/14
because smart people realize how incestuous and bullshit mos...
Flushed Cruel-hearted Property Blood Rage
  10/27/14
So we should all be park rangers
Idiotic main people
  10/27/14
huh, either they don't maek it in academia, even the really ...
Low-t School Cafeteria Fanboi
  10/27/14
Well I want to be able to impress everyone who I've met in m...
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  10/27/14
retake
Emerald boiling water resort
  10/27/14
Go see a psychic
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  10/27/14
listen to your gut. It's served me well and things have bac...
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  10/27/14
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  10/27/14
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  10/27/14
Whichever path is easiest and most pleasant for you. By &quo...
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  10/27/14
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  10/27/14
fuck around until you mess your life up enough to become on ...
Sienna curious sweet tailpipe
  10/27/14
hmm
Idiotic main people
  10/27/14
cr
Sadistic Burgundy Pisswyrm
  10/27/14
1. Spend an appropriate amount of time (not more than a year...
Avocado gunner international law enforcement agency
  10/28/14
if you fall in love, take that path and fight for it. if...
Mewling Ticket Booth Potus
  10/28/14
Man I fucked up with #1. I'm mostly over it now but it was r...
Idiotic main people
  10/29/14
My tip that isn't appropriate for everyone: don't chase pres...
Maize buck-toothed faggot firefighter
  10/28/14
nah, but those 60-70 hour weeks will all be worth it because...
Low-t School Cafeteria Fanboi
  10/28/14
(Uncreative, external onus of control, won't make a decision...
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  10/28/14
(guy who doesn't know the difference between the words "...
Sadistic Burgundy Pisswyrm
  10/28/14
External place of control works too you pedantic bitchass ...
Emerald boiling water resort
  10/28/14
Thankfully, when I was a young man, the economy collapsed an...
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  10/28/14
What do you do?
Sadistic Burgundy Pisswyrm
  10/28/14
Your town should have someone named Sister Twyla who can hel...
Stubborn corner
  10/28/14
flip a coin
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  10/28/14
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  11/03/14
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Date: October 14th, 2014 4:28 PM
Author: Lemon big stock car bawdyhouse

serious question. for bros in their early/mid 20's still figuring things out. i find deciding on what to do in life extremely stressful. looking for advice from older bros who have been through the process.

How do you know what is the right step in life? IE JD/MBA, make a ton of money for a tradeoff in work/life balance, work in the public interest, raise a family, travel, work at a restaurant and surf and smoke weed all day, etc. is it all the same in the end? what key factors help in determining what is right for me?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26516052)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 4:29 PM
Author: passionate mentally impaired indirect expression

This is me to a T. I have no idea what the FUCK to do. I'm at the position where I could try to do:

Work experience->MBA->IB assoc.

OR

JD(if T6 with not too much debt) -> Death

OR

Work experience->work experience->work experience.

I just don't know.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26516061)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 4:33 PM
Author: gay aphrodisiac factory reset button

whatever gets you pattaya fastest without making you lose your hair.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26516080)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 4:28 PM
Author: gay aphrodisiac factory reset button

pattaya

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26516054)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 4:31 PM
Author: walnut shitlib jew

Cr, saving enough money to leave the TTT us and live like a king. At least enough to move to a country that doesn't allow random drug tests for private employment.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26516069)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 4:37 PM
Author: Lemon big stock car bawdyhouse

i would move to certain european countries but Thailand? fuck dat

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26516107)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 4:39 PM
Author: walnut shitlib jew

White expat means you'll always get laid and you can always have a job as a bartender or simialr since your English will be better than the natives.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26516114)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 4:50 PM
Author: Lemon big stock car bawdyhouse

before you get drugged and killed?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26516173)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 4:52 PM
Author: gay aphrodisiac factory reset button

that doesn't happen in pattaya. check out http://nomadlist.io/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26516184)



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Date: October 27th, 2014 1:19 PM
Author: Idiotic main people

Neat, tyft

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26596401)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 4:29 PM
Author: Sienna curious sweet tailpipe

slide and let do. You gotta face failure in the face

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26516056)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 4:31 PM
Author: Sienna curious sweet tailpipe

my therapist says this is a common problem for us early/mind 20s dudes. In a lot of ways our decisions now set us up for a while. Pick what feels good man

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26516068)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 5:33 PM
Author: Lemon big stock car bawdyhouse

"feels good?" eating cake feels good.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26516345)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 5:34 PM
Author: gay aphrodisiac factory reset button

Here's an upper bound: Do what you love doesn't mean, do what you would like to do most this second. Even Einstein probably had moments when he wanted to have a cup of coffee, but told himself he ought to finish what he was working on first.

It used to perplex me when I read about people who liked what they did so much that there was nothing they'd rather do. There didn't seem to be any sort of work I liked that much. If I had a choice of (a) spending the next hour working on something or (b) be teleported to Rome and spend the next hour wandering about, was there any sort of work I'd prefer? Honestly, no.

But the fact is, almost anyone would rather, at any given moment, float about in the Carribbean, or have sex, or eat some delicious food, than work on hard problems. The rule about doing what you love assumes a certain length of time. It doesn't mean, do what will make you happiest this second, but what will make you happiest over some longer period, like a week or a month.

Unproductive pleasures pall eventually. After a while you get tired of lying on the beach. If you want to stay happy, you have to do something.

As a lower bound, you have to like your work more than any unproductive pleasure. You have to like what you do enough that the concept of "spare time" seems mistaken. Which is not to say you have to spend all your time working. You can only work so much before you get tired and start to screw up. Then you want to do something else—even something mindless. But you don't regard this time as the prize and the time you spend working as the pain you endure to earn it.

I put the lower bound there for practical reasons. If your work is not your favorite thing to do, you'll have terrible problems with procrastination. You'll have to force yourself to work, and when you resort to that the results are distinctly inferior.

To be happy I think you have to be doing something you not only enjoy, but admire. You have to be able to say, at the end, wow, that's pretty cool. This doesn't mean you have to make something. If you learn how to hang glide, or to speak a foreign language fluently, that will be enough to make you say, for a while at least, wow, that's pretty cool. What there has to be is a test.

So one thing that falls just short of the standard, I think, is reading books. Except for some books in math and the hard sciences, there's no test of how well you've read a book, and that's why merely reading books doesn't quite feel like work. You have to do something with what you've read to feel productive.

I think the best test is one Gino Lee taught me: to try to do things that would make your friends say wow. But it probably wouldn't start to work properly till about age 22, because most people haven't had a big enough sample to pick friends from before then.

http://www.paulgraham.com/love.html

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26516351)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 5:38 PM
Author: misunderstood knife

good stuff

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26516365)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 5:42 PM
Author: Wonderful regret

Scholarship.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26516388)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 5:45 PM
Author: gay aphrodisiac factory reset button

RSF would do well to read that essay

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26516405)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 6:01 PM
Author: Histrionic drab clown

seriously cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26516478)



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Date: October 27th, 2014 1:39 PM
Author: Idiotic main people

Thanks for reminding me of this.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26596475)



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Date: October 27th, 2014 9:35 PM
Author: Low-t School Cafeteria Fanboi

from the dork who compares programming to painting.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26599379)



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Date: November 5th, 2014 11:01 PM
Author: blue high-end old irish cottage

Was Ok til the last few paragraphs.

1. Try to do something that would make your friends say "wow" -- this is one of the easiest ways to wind up extremely unhappy, chasing prestige and "wows"

2. Try to do something that you can admire and say that's pretty cool -- a philosophy that excludes 99.99999% of the jobs from being worthwhile can't be right. this is some boomer shit where everyone ends up getting lib arts degrees, trying to write the next big novel, and wanting to practice "international" whatever.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26657747)



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Date: November 6th, 2014 12:13 AM
Author: Idiotic main people

yeah kinda

at least with (xo 2007) most poasters here might have been in the appropriate echelon for the advice to ring true

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26658242)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 8:55 PM
Author: Sienna curious sweet tailpipe

you have to have a job. pick the job that feel good. i didn't think i had to remind you that you live in a society where each individual is obligated to contribute and that a job is therefore necessary

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26517254)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 9:52 PM
Author: gay aphrodisiac factory reset button

"a society where each individual is obligated to contribute" i think RSF begs to differ

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26517653)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 9:54 PM
Author: Sienna curious sweet tailpipe

im prole, ive adopted this mentality out of necessity

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26517662)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 4:36 PM
Author: Comical beta orchestra pit

i don't know but kinda think you should go all in one path or the other and not dither or switch it up prematurely.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26516102)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 5:33 PM
Author: Lemon big stock car bawdyhouse

agreed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26516342)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 4:42 PM
Author: passionate mentally impaired indirect expression



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26516129)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 5:41 PM
Author: Rusted puppy dopamine

in the end, it doesn't really matter, so long as you've found something that provides you with enough money to support yourself and makes you attractive to potential mates. i'd say follow your dreams but that doesn't typically work in your 20s when you've got no cash. CR seems to be to slave away making as much $$$ as possible in 20s/early-30s and then break away and do something fun after that like starting a business with friends/colleagues.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26516384)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 10:27 PM
Author: cracking affirmative action

So in other words not shittigation

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26517846)



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Date: October 27th, 2014 1:40 PM
Author: Idiotic main people

I read this in a linkin park rap

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26596480)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 5:44 PM
Author: marvelous wrinkle

Answer: reading, networking, trial and error.

Reading: consumer trade newsletters, blogs, books about shit you might like, XO

Networking: talk to people be it alumni in a professional capacity or friends of friends doing shit you might like (note this advice is not just about jobs, it can be about living in Japan or taking up surfing or whatever)

And then trial and error: so you read a lot and networked a lot and think maybe you want to be a psychologist or a cop; you might live in Chicago or California; well, time to start trying those things out

Get on with life so by 30 you're on the "path" of whatever you pick.

XO is TOTAL FLAME w/r/t the idea that after 25 or something you're done here, but XO is right that if you bounce around for too long you're done

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26516396)



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Date: October 15th, 2014 12:30 PM
Author: Swashbuckling deer antler

Cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26521022)



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Date: October 15th, 2014 1:19 PM
Author: Contagious tattoo

this is actually good

occasionally you should really go down the rabbit hole and learning everything there possible is to learn about something

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26521373)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 5:44 PM
Author: marvelous wrinkle

also op u sound like a real big fag when ur 2 life choices are IB and biglaw

jfc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26516400)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 5:46 PM
Author: gay aphrodisiac factory reset button

explain how thats faggety. not everyone gets to pick between NFL vs NBA

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26516406)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 6:03 PM
Author: Histrionic drab clown

because being some form of kike parasite arent the only choices out there

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26516492)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 6:03 PM
Author: marvelous wrinkle

REDUCTIVE MASTERMAN

because they're two of the worst, safest, risk averse careers out there and everyone hates them and each has 23423423432423 articles written about them and in the end it's the same shit just pushing paper or excel for rich jews

who the fuck grows up in life and is like "I BANKING OR LAW??!?!?!?!?" only a very specific subset of upper middle class elite zip code strivers, that's who.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26516495)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 8:56 PM
Author: Sienna curious sweet tailpipe

op does not actually have these options. op is doobs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26517263)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 6:01 PM
Author: naked pit partner

you end up somewhere and look back on how you got there

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26516483)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 8:30 PM
Author: Lemon big stock car bawdyhouse

...determinism?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26517151)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 10:13 PM
Author: naked pit partner

it's easier to see a path if you can recall where you've already walked than if there's a vast amount of space ahead

that's kind of where I'm going with it

it's crazy fucking overwhelming to narrow one's life down to a single path, imo

especially at a young age when one may not have any obligations

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26517758)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 8:35 PM
Author: Maroon becky church

assuming u are connected and rich, just go work for a pre ipo startup (there are a lot... medallia, uber, airbnb, palantir, etc,; profit, coast for life.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26517177)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 8:38 PM
Author: Blathering thriller tanning salon

this is what I wish I had done. i should have taken that shit account exec job at facebook less than a decade ago and PROFITED like some of the dumb blond whorz from my UG.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26517196)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 8:37 PM
Author: at-the-ready site

Many approaches. Whatever you do, don't let life pick your path for you. Most people are victims of circumstance.

GO HAVE ADVENTURES. Try shit out.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26517189)



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Date: October 27th, 2014 1:44 PM
Author: Idiotic main people

Impossible without savings or support

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26596498)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 8:38 PM
Author: at-the-ready site

Also JD/MBA is a FUCKING SCAM. Do not do that.

Fucking pick one. And by "one", I mean the MBA

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26517194)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 8:46 PM
Author: Lemon big stock car bawdyhouse

lol thanks, trying to avoid either tho

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26517220)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 8:49 PM
Author: at-the-ready site

Fair enough.

My advice? Go do something dangerous and fun. For me that was the Marines.

You are only young once

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26517238)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 9:52 PM
Author: Lemon big stock car bawdyhouse

right now im running my own business. im considering expanding it aggressively. does this qualify?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26517647)



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Date: October 14th, 2014 10:39 PM
Author: at-the-ready site

Oh for sure. Can't take risks when you have a family

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26517924)



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Date: October 15th, 2014 11:15 AM
Author: Sadistic Burgundy Pisswyrm

(guy who is not Mitt Romney)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26520575)



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Date: October 15th, 2014 1:20 PM
Author: at-the-ready site

Dude. Irrelevant. Right?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26521386)



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Date: October 27th, 2014 1:36 PM
Author: Emerald boiling water resort

Actually,

If you have the means (a big qualifier, I know) JDMBA is CR to expand your network and figure out what you want to do before entering the professional world. Lots of good programs are only one extra year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26596463)



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Date: October 15th, 2014 4:16 AM
Author: Chartreuse theater brethren

vitamix

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26519581)



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Date: October 15th, 2014 12:27 PM
Author: Swashbuckling deer antler

Nobody knows. Just do something. See what you like/don't like then try to do more of the stuff you like and less of the stuff you don't.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26520995)



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Date: October 27th, 2014 1:09 PM
Author: Idiotic main people

idk but I don't think this is it

Surprises me more smart dudes don't take risks on kooky PhDs (or at least stem PhDs) or non profits or whatever. Everyone just goes the safe route of doctor/lawyer/banker/consultant. Like among these last 4 you're just grinding for money, but at the level where you can get those jobs you should he among the echelon of people who can actually succeed at "doing what they love" which ought to alleviate the risk of doing a PhD, so why not? Are you only motivated by money?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26596343)



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Date: October 27th, 2014 1:40 PM
Author: Emerald boiling water resort

lol what? PhD is the biggest grind of all and is literally people who can't take a chance so they stay in the warm embrace of the pile of steaming academic shit.

Doctor and even lawyer is a more exciting career than academics. Banking and consulting is more often than not a jumping off point. people just use it for the connections, expertise, and credentialing for exit ops.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26596479)



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Date: October 27th, 2014 1:41 PM
Author: Idiotic main people

You don't like warm embraces?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26596484)



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Date: October 27th, 2014 1:46 PM
Author: Idiotic main people

Like it's just unfathomable to me to go through high school as a smart kid and be all excited about your science classes and not realize you're smart and can do this for a living. How do kids like this end up going these safe rentseeking routes?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26596509)



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Date: October 27th, 2014 1:53 PM
Author: Emerald boiling water resort

you seem dumb dude. academia is the LEAST creative, adventurous career out there. just because you CAN do something for a living doesnt mean you should. why is academia the BEST FUCKING JOB EVER OMG to you? its fucking boring. also academia is very rent-seeking too.

doctor is a truly noble profession. you can build a practice, do research and do good.

bankers/consultants often move on to become titans of industry, starting/running businesses, etc. you see a lot of these guys moving into gov't and contributing to and running non-profits later on too. ppl who are psyched about grinding and moving up in a firm are usually FOB or middling IQ PROLE.

law is the only shitty one, but i don't know anything about it. most kids are poli-sci shitheads tho and im sure some have some interest in BIGFED or politics.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26596538)



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Date: October 27th, 2014 2:01 PM
Author: cracking affirmative action

Academia is the only one that offers a chill life tho

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26596571)



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Date: October 27th, 2014 9:31 PM
Author: Low-t School Cafeteria Fanboi

academia is less creative than banking or law? industries that are just about churning generic models/documents day in day out. you are retarded

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26599346)



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Date: October 27th, 2014 10:30 PM
Author: Idiotic main people



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26599880)



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Date: October 27th, 2014 10:54 PM
Author: Emerald boiling water resort

Hey FAGGOT. The ENTIRE POINT of my POAST is that BANKING and CONSULTING and sometimes LAW is a JUMPING off point. It is fucking un creative and gay to say school is ok ill just stay in school! FUCK you and FUCK all academics. They are pretentious leeches that couldn't HACK it in the REAL self-sustaining world.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26600078)



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Date: October 28th, 2014 10:44 AM
Author: Low-t School Cafeteria Fanboi

only desperately uncreative convention bound gooks like you think this way.

if you find fulfillment in marking up contracts or aligning ppt charts, good for you

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26602133)



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Date: October 27th, 2014 2:03 PM
Author: Mahogany native mexican

if the salaries were anywhere near comparable, that would be a valid question

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26596577)



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Date: October 27th, 2014 8:21 PM
Author: Idiotic main people

Which would suggest it's all about money, and so this whole thread is just fraud&creamlies

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26598779)



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Date: October 27th, 2014 3:28 PM
Author: Sadistic Burgundy Pisswyrm

180 poast, if only for the phrase "kooky PhDs"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26597107)



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Date: October 27th, 2014 8:27 PM
Author: Flushed Cruel-hearted Property Blood Rage

because smart people realize how incestuous and bullshit most of academia is, and would prefer just being a faceless corporate drone.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26598818)



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Date: October 27th, 2014 9:13 PM
Author: Idiotic main people

So we should all be park rangers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26599184)



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Date: October 27th, 2014 9:32 PM
Author: Low-t School Cafeteria Fanboi

huh, either they don't maek it in academia, even the really smart ones, or they can't resist the lure of a fat salary

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26599362)



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Date: October 27th, 2014 1:38 PM
Author: Hilarious Personal Credit Line Senate

Well I want to be able to impress everyone who I've met in my life when they see what job I have/ the stuff I do on FB

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26596469)



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Date: October 27th, 2014 1:38 PM
Author: Emerald boiling water resort

retake

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26596472)



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Date: October 27th, 2014 1:43 PM
Author: carnelian 180 national fat ankles

Go see a psychic

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26596494)



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Date: October 27th, 2014 1:55 PM
Author: Mahogany native mexican

listen to your gut. It's served me well and things have backfired in the past when I haven't

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26596550)



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Date: October 27th, 2014 9:33 PM
Author: Low-t School Cafeteria Fanboi



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26599368)



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Date: October 27th, 2014 8:27 PM
Author: lascivious yarmulke



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26598827)



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Date: October 27th, 2014 8:29 PM
Author: boyish bearded hunting ground double fault

Whichever path is easiest and most pleasant for you. By "easiest" I mean most natural or comfortable, not necessarily requiring the least effort.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26598842)



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Date: October 27th, 2014 8:29 PM
Author: boyish bearded hunting ground double fault



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26598845)



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Date: October 27th, 2014 9:35 PM
Author: Sienna curious sweet tailpipe

fuck around until you mess your life up enough to become on of those people that are inappropriately serious about everything

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26599382)



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Date: October 27th, 2014 10:31 PM
Author: Idiotic main people

hmm

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26599891)



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Date: October 27th, 2014 10:52 PM
Author: Sadistic Burgundy Pisswyrm

cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26600067)



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Date: October 28th, 2014 1:06 AM
Author: Avocado gunner international law enforcement agency

1. Spend an appropriate amount of time (not more than a year or two) navel gazing, then pick something, and move forward in a continuous path. Don't pick something by default, and don't waste your entire twenties trying to find yourself.

2. Think about where you want to be 10-20 years out, not 1-2 years out, and plan backwards from there.

3. It's possible, though hard, to find a path that is both lucrative and enjoyable. Ideally, pick one of the few paths that allow both (doctor in some specialties, solo attorney, professor, pilot, etc.), but if you can't have both, pick something you enjoy but that will allow you to afford at least the basic necessities.

4. Balance enjoyment of the moment with steady progress toward your goals. Don't sacrifice more than a year or two of your life to just work and postponement of happiness, but don't let a year or two pass without making progress either.

5. Profit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26600926)



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Date: October 28th, 2014 1:44 AM
Author: Mewling Ticket Booth Potus

if you fall in love, take that path and fight for it.

if you're confused, try meditation. and remember everyone else is too.

rumor has it lsd, psilocybin, peyote, dmt, etc. can be illuminating.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26601057)



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Date: October 29th, 2014 7:10 PM
Author: Idiotic main people

Man I fucked up with #1. I'm mostly over it now but it was really a pretty dumb idea.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26610667)



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Date: October 28th, 2014 7:56 AM
Author: Maize buck-toothed faggot firefighter

My tip that isn't appropriate for everyone: don't chase prestige. I went to a top 10 law school and landed a vault 20 law job. To most people, I "won," but I couldn't be more miserable. Use your ambition to chase more than societal notions of prestige and success. For full disclosure, some people seem quite happy following this path, but not me. I hate being a cog in a machine. I hate taking orders. I hate sitting at a desk all day. I hate being an anonymous face. I won't be happy until I build a business for myself, even if it's a much more humble business than biglaw. But I didn't learn that until I got here, and maybe that's the point.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26601715)



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Date: October 28th, 2014 10:49 AM
Author: Low-t School Cafeteria Fanboi

nah, but those 60-70 hour weeks will all be worth it because it's a JUMPING OFF POINT. think of all the transferable skills and contacts you're developing!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26602155)



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Date: October 28th, 2014 11:46 AM
Author: Emerald boiling water resort

(Uncreative, external onus of control, won't make a decision because he's SUCH a SNOWFLAKE, academic)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26602339)



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Date: October 28th, 2014 1:50 PM
Author: Sadistic Burgundy Pisswyrm

(guy who doesn't know the difference between the words "locus" and "onus")

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26602901)



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Date: October 28th, 2014 1:51 PM
Author: Emerald boiling water resort

External place of control works too you pedantic bitchass

Maybe you should publish an article about the DIFFERENCE in an academic JOURNAL that no one will read?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26602907)



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Date: October 28th, 2014 7:58 AM
Author: hairraiser abode

Thankfully, when I was a young man, the economy collapsed and I only had one choice: the sole job I was offered out of school. And I was grateful for it. Still celebrate on the anniversary of my job offer each year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26601717)



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Date: October 28th, 2014 10:34 AM
Author: Sadistic Burgundy Pisswyrm

What do you do?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26602092)



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Date: October 28th, 2014 10:46 AM
Author: Stubborn corner

Your town should have someone named Sister Twyla who can help you out. You may have to cross the tracks though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26602139)



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Date: October 28th, 2014 10:50 AM
Author: Exhilarant locus

flip a coin

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26602158)



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Date: November 3rd, 2014 12:06 AM
Author: Idiotic main people



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26637277)



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Date: November 5th, 2014 10:55 PM
Author: Idiotic main people



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2699695&forum_id=2#26657696)