There’s this not-so-secret narrative among traders: “This is the last cycle to make it.” Miss your shot, and you (and your bloodline) get relegated to the digital peasant class for eternity as AI and robotics crown a new elite. It’s a compelling, fear-based story. And honestly? It might even be true. But f— man, I hate what that narrative does to college kids. It's turning them into hyperdegenerate gamblers before they’ve even built a safety net. If you're new to investing and treating it like "I've got to make it in the next 2 months," odds are 99% you'll lose everything. You’d be 1000x better off just picking up a second job and DCA’ing every extra penny into Bitcoin, tech stocks, and money markets. But if you're gonna ignore that advice (like I would’ve at your age), at least use the f-- out of AI. Run ALL of your trade ideas past an LLM. Share your financial situation and goals. Ask about position sizing. Ask when to cut losses. Ask if you’re being a complete dumbass. For ~$20/month, you literally have a tool that compiles all of humanity’s experience into a single queryable database. Use that shit!