> be me
> i have two best friends , both graduated from finance mba at uni including me
> hang out with each other almost daily for over 8 years
> after graduating, we all got into big 4
> Thread related best friend quit his big 4 job after 6 months because he thought the wage was too low and he wanted to be rich before he was old
> he started daytrading as a job
> after daytrading for a while he got a job at “flowtraders” as marketmaker
> he quit his marketmaker job after 2 months because he was stubborn and thought his methodology was better than theirs in trading
> me and my other best friend at this point both got a mortgage on a house and planning to get married
> the thread related best friend broke up with his gf after a 7 year relationship because he did not want to marry yet and did not want to buy a house with all the money he had
> best friend went into silence mode for a while to pursue his own way of trading
> all other colleague’s laughs at my best friend saying he is a loser
> after 1.5 years, best friend told us that if we had any spare money, we should buy chainlink and hold
> told us that chainlink will outperform index funds
> told us he had over 800 k in Link , showed me proof and to trust him
> we both listened I bought 27 k link in total and my other friend got around 75 k.
> over time I converted all my link to ripple .. got rekt...and now I only have 1.6 k link left
> other friend still has 75 k left
> best friend told me not to worry, if he makes it he promised to gift me a tesla or lambo , and that it happens
> I feel like my best friend is bragging and got mad at him for saying this
So yeah, what a loser he was right? No job, no gf , no house but probably he has a lot of link, we are 29 now and i am going to marry in 6 months, he still has no plans for a house and gf until he is free.