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This person was asking for advice. There are many different was of providing encouragement. Not everyone needs you to hold their hand. Some people just need a push in the right direction. Tough love, etc.

Without knowing more details of the situation, we are all just speculating.

Also, nobody said anything about FU money. If you’re single with no dependents, you just need enough money to survive and use your laptop.

People are way too quick to jump into corporate jobs out of college. If your career is not your priority in life, I understand it. But so many people are influenced by truisms, tribal knowledge, zeitgeist, etc. that it has essentially become propaganda for the status quo. Leave college, join the workforce, do your part in society.

Nobody questions it. Then a few years down the road they come to HN asking what to do about the overwhelming corporatism directing their life. The truth is, there is no fix. The only solution is to create and control your own environment.

There are so many other options for how to spend your life than a “safe” corporate job. It’s sad how quickly people are to declare themselves ineligible to participate in the opportunities those options afford them.



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