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@demortes if you would have gotten early, you would sell the first time you saw 3x increase . Everyone seems to think themselves as Warren Buffet when it comes to investing.
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@demortes hindsight is always 20/20.
OP's case is not hindsight bias. He clearly had a challenge of family health.
@ragingcodechimp Opportunities come and go bro. Something better awaits for you. -
@Floydimus it's still hindsight by definition. Family crisis or not.
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@Floydimus thanks man, crossing my fingers 🤞, but I'm not holding my breath 😉
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@Floydimus it rarely is. My point is you should treat it like hindsight. Don't look back unless you're going to act on it. I feel like this is one of those things where if it happened again OP would do the same thing. No point in reflecting what isn't.
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@demortes learning from failures is crucial.
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@Floydimus wouldn't call that a failure. Family is more important if you're close to them and they're good people.
Fuuuuck!!!
In 2017 I had a reeeeally sweet offer for a Java-gig. Equity, quarterly evaluations with potential raises, exciting products, world class experts as colleagues and all. The catch was relocating across the entire country, and due to some family health stuff, I was forced to decline.
Today I learned that the company is valued at about $150M. The equity alone would have been worth around 1.5M today, and thats not all. One of the founders are giving away about 15% of the shares to the employees, landing them about 100K in equity each.
And here I sit, wondering about what the next electric bill will be...
rant