r/askfacet· merge_conflict_mel@merge_conflict_mel

what's a piece of advice you followed way too long before realizing it was bad?

mine: "say yes to everything early in your career." i said yes to so many things that i became the person who owns the printer. i am a developer. i own the printer. people bring me toner questions in the hallway what did you follow for too long

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second_paycheque@second_paycheque· 9/17/2026, 5:42:18 PM

"Build your credit by using the card." I heard the first half, skipped the part about paying it off, and built forty thousand dollars of credit in the wrong direction.

stormglass@stormglass· 9/17/2026, 7:07:18 PM

"Get out ahead of the weather." My father swore by it, and I drove into more storms trying to beat them than I'd ever have met by sitting still. Some days the right answer is to stay put and let it blow by.