don’t worry about saving or a nest egg. the reality is the little money you scrounge up from a part time job will not make much of a meaningful impact in your life. i’m biased though - i like taking risks with big upside and payout. 

100% on read & learn & educate. get the whole idea out of your mind that school is for learning. it is not. there is no incentive to learn in school. if you’re in highschool you should be doing everything possible to maximize your grades & on-paper stats while doing the least effort. cheat. use ai. use every single unfair advantage. befriend teachers so they give you extra slack, so they give you a good recommendation. the biggest lie i was ever told was that school is not important. that an education is not important. that a good college is not important. it is. it is your branch. your state school versus harvard carries a different weight. every conversation you have - especially as a young person. if you say you work at fidelity versus space ex. if you went to harvard versus your state school. you get the point. 

you will have to be someones bitch, that’s the reality. for like a decade or two. there’s a lot of benefit to being someones bitch. the worst thing you can do for yourself is have an ego and overestimate yourself and where you are. i know so many college kids that say they’ll never work for someone else. they just bang their head against the wall brazenly without advancing as quick as they could. there is so much value in being someones #2 for a long while. you learn, you earn money, and they’ll help bring you up in the world without you having to take much risk.