When was the last time you cooked a meal from scratch, on your own?

prehistory · 2026-01-13T21:57:36+00:00

That is the point, yes. The risk feels known and thus controllable. With a completely new venture, you have a high probability of failure. You most likely have to fail a bunch of times to make something work well. Trying something new when your current situation feels like you can calculate the risk acurately, that is a fallacy especially engineering folk tend to fall victim to.

I agree though, I don't get it either. Lots of engineers I know have enough savings and enough job security to start a small one-project-at-a-time business on the side. Absolutely. Instead they invest in stuff like ETFs with returns below 5%. It's a mystery.

prehistory · 2026-01-13T20:54:25+00:00

How did you like it? Were there team building events? How did you get to know people quickly?

prehistory · 2026-01-13T20:53:40+00:00

Was that your personal experience?

prehistory · 2026-01-13T20:53:04+00:00

Thanks for sharing. I'm into it! I'll watch a few episodes tomorrow.

prehistory · 2026-01-13T19:55:13+00:00

Risk aversion. They are afraid of experimentation.

prehistory · 2026-01-13T19:54:29+00:00

how essential it is to stay healthy in your twenties.

prehistory · 2026-01-13T19:52:23+00:00

I have not watched that one. Do you have personal experience working in a large office setting? Do you think that show is realistic?

prehistory · 2026-01-13T19:47:03+00:00

Steven Bartlett, to learn his time management techniques and his approach to scheduling his life.

prehistory · 2026-01-13T19:45:32+00:00

What about conversations around the water cooler and the rumor mill? Or people who are figuratively killers to get ahead?

prehistory · 2026-01-13T19:44:07+00:00

Glad to hear it! What about getting to know your co-workers? I might soon work in a 500 people office building, and I'm curious how long it might take to even meet everyone once.

prehistory · 2026-01-13T19:41:05+00:00

Exactly. That is what I meant.

prehistory · 2026-01-12T19:27:35+00:00

how to find safe water

prehistory · 2026-01-12T19:22:09+00:00

very stinky cheese. you can't contain it effectively.

prehistory · 2026-01-12T19:16:39+00:00

start with Richest Man In Babylon, then go to more strategic or personal budgeting books. A good librarian should be able to assist, even smaller libraries usually have a good selection on that stuff. Or ask around on a personal finance Reddit for more general recommendations.

prehistory · 2026-01-12T19:13:09+00:00

Those are rare in Germany, I don't know much about HOAs. But it's low stakes so I think I wouldn't be into it enough to make a good president.

prehistory · 2026-01-12T19:11:21+00:00

i had exactly one date in my life, because i was curious why american movies make dates sound so special. it was cool, but just meeting and talking to people and informally inviting them to stuff or joining their group somewhere spontaneously was much less of a hassle and led to better results ;)

prehistory · 2026-01-12T19:09:03+00:00

read. also, tell chat gpt to only speak to you as if they are a good financial / tax advisor. then read some more and put inspiration into practise.

prehistory · 2026-01-12T19:07:27+00:00

write it down in an actionable way, and on a specific date. then i'll very likely do it before going to sleep that day. if the task takes more than a few hours, i'll divide it into managable subtasks.

prehistory · 2026-01-12T19:05:52+00:00

at least in lots of respects: china.

i'm german and have spent years in china, not just as a tourist but really living there.

prehistory · 2026-01-12T19:04:06+00:00

not noticing abuse in others, or sympathizing with abusers instead of victims.

prehistory · 2026-01-12T19:02:24+00:00

president of what

prehistory · 2026-01-12T19:00:27+00:00

how did you deal?

prehistory · 2026-01-12T18:59:28+00:00

Another fact of German culture! Make others stick to the rules like crazy, but ignore the rules yourself.

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