I’ll be 18 in 16 days. Trying to get anytype of advise or idea what I should do. Some type of startup or anything. I did start on working on a website which just connects customers and workers together. But is there anything else I could do? Anything you have for me.

  • Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world
    16·
    1 month ago

    You need to get a job. Any job in any industry. You don’t know what you like or what you’re good at yet, not really. Do you have an extremely strong financial support system? (What I mean by that is all housing, food, health insurance completely covered) Not to crush dreams, but, don’t start a business. Not yet, at least. If you don’t have a strong financial support system DO NOT TRY TO START A BUSINESS. Get any job, do that until you find something that pays better and you think you could stomach doing then jump to it. Keep doing that until you find a career. Then if you want, try to build a business around that.

      • Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world
        9·
        1 month ago

        That’ll make the first job you get a lot easier then. You don’t have to be in panic mode or make X amount so you can really take whatever seems interesting. Find any job and start working full time ASAP. If you’re gonna go to school, get a part time job. Literally any job in any industry will be informative for your future. Experience isn’t just a thing for your resume, it’ll help you grow, understand the world and ideally figure out what place you have in it.

  • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
    9·
    1 month ago

    Doing anything is always better than doing nothing. Not only on resumes, but I’ve gotten better opportunities at the top because of people I worked with at the bottom.

    Also, don’t forget to brush your teeth. You’re on your last set and when one of them starts to rot the pain is unbearable! And don’t talk to cops. You cannot talk your way OUT of trouble, you’re just talking your way into trouble.

  • Alsjemenou@lemy.nlNederlands
    5·
    1 month ago

    Find a job, or work with other people. People with more experience than you, you can learn from. Don’t chase abstract things like ‘success’, ‘money’, ‘fame’, because those things don’t focus you on anything. Make concrete plans and figure out what you need to know or do to execute your own plans. You clearly don’t have a plan, and that’s fine. It took me until I was 35 until i really figured out what i wanted to achieve and this plan that I drew out for myself took me ten years and I hope to finish by next year. I set very lofty but concrete goals for myself, and I had to work very hard to get this far. Anyway, moral of the story is that you have plenty of time to figure out what you want. Try stuff out.

  • theneverfox@pawb.socialEnglish
    2·
    1 month ago

    First, you have to decide who you want to be and what you want out of life. You can have anything, but not everything, if you pursue it without stopping

    Don’t take on debt.

    Don’t get into a relationship with a manipulator.

    Be honest in your dealings. Don’t take advantage of people or profit off suffering

    Follow that, and you have 10 years to figure out everything else. 20’s are for learning, 30’s are for earning… Just try stuff. Pursue whatever you like, make connections with people, and you’ll build a foundation that will put you far ahead later on

    And if you do want to try doing a software start up, I am looking for someone to partner with who can make sales. I’m planning to go after professionals like lawyers and start by making them websites to make the connection, and taking whatever work flows from that. Hit me up if you’re interested

  • NotSteve_@lemmy.ca
    1·
    1 month ago

    At that age I was working full time at a grocery store in a small town and taking a lot of drugs lol. I’m far past that and working as a software dev now so I don’t think you really need to be doing much besides saving some money and thinking about career paths

    Edit: I agree with everyone else saying you don’t need to be worrying about starting a business unless you have a limitless supply of cash from family or something