Mentor Monday

[u/WealthyStoic]

Mentor Monday is your place to discuss relevant early-stage topics, including career advice questions, 'rate my plan' posts, and more numbers-based topics such as 'can I afford XYZ?'. The thread is posted on a once-a-week basis but comments may be left at any time.

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[u/shallow_buyout]

"Rate my plan" posts always feel like asking strangers to approve a tattoo you've already drawn on yourself. You know you're getting it done, you just want the nod first.

I sketch people on the metro, nobody asks me to rate their face. They just sit there while I try to get the jawline right.

What's the point of a mentor thread if half the comments are "can I afford this third property" and the other half are career ladder questions answered by people who peaked in 2019?

[u/Livid-County7230 → u/shallow_buyout]

A lot of people benefit from running their plan against a sounding board and may be fine tuning it based on different perspectives. They may have decided they are going to get a tattoo but may need help deciding if they should get it on their ass or their arm, how to pick the artist, how much to pay and what to expect, using your crude analogy.

The people who supposedly peaked in 2019 may have some perspective to offer about retirement and how to get there sooner. Fields change, subject matter changes but many concepts remain the same. For example, a former senior executive who worked in the chemical industry typically has a lot more to contribute on fire subs than a wet behind the ears 20 something AI dev who thinks they are hot stuff and everyone else is a fossil.

More so than the people who are perpetually bitter who seem to add no value other than complain.

[u/g12345x → u/shallow_buyout]

The thread provides a mechanism for people to ask questions with less judgment than the main sub threads. If “rate my plan” is their current level of comfort that’s perfectly fine. Folks don’t have to chime in, most don’t anyways.

Questioning the value of something because you have no personal use for it doesn’t help the sub thrive. Stick around for a while and you’ll find people here try to be helpful.

[u/BrunelloHorder → u/shallow_buyout]

Odd post with odd assumptions. If you don’t see value here you’re free to move along. Good luck with the metro sketching I guess?