cool thread
1. I actually worked in IT at an investment place during the dotcom boom and really had no interest in markets. Then left that job for a hot web design job right as the dotcoms blew up and the place closed 2 months after I started. Got interested in the markets then just to try to figure out what had happened to my job but it was a slow process. Eventually became a gold bug and was convinced we would be in a depression by 2005
. That worked out well though as all the stocks I liked starting off double or tripled in the next 2 years.
2. I don't really consider myself there yet and i'm sure the big mistakes will happen in the next 2 years learning futures.
3. 10 years yes but my goal is to just eventually have a nice roll of t-bills/value invest. Then travel or what not.