Military Experience Mindset

Commenters attribute a disciplined, duty-focused attitude toward unpleasant tasks and low regard for money to prior military service, sharing personal experiences from training, deployment, and garrison life.

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dlgeek Apr 28, 2020 View on HN

That probably has more to do with having been in the military...

pg Apr 24, 2010 View on HN

Sure, military training tends to do that.

drewcoo Feb 26, 2024 View on HN

> Now, I always feel as if I am in the army tbh.I recommend finding out more about the military. Nobody there "only cares about money." If they did, they'd do something more profitable.

jl2718 Jul 23, 2018 View on HN

Probably ASD, and military was great, but only in training and deployment to an actual war zone. Garrison was hell, all politics. Tried stripping too. War and stripping are similar: de-personalizing, over-stimulating, immediate flow state rush. Normal social anxieties go away, the rules no longer apply.

georgieporgie Aug 15, 2011 View on HN

when I was in the military service (not US)So, how did you make it into the military service without learning to do unpleasant things?

nradov Mar 1, 2020 View on HN

You shouldn't be downvoted. This exactly matches what most experienced troops report.

RyanMcGreal Dec 3, 2010 View on HN

Years of military training will do that for you. :)

simonh Apr 15, 2016 View on HN

Anybody who's been in the army.

EliRivers Feb 1, 2014 View on HN

You might be surprised how many HNers have military experience.

smallhands Jul 10, 2018 View on HN

He is a solider doing his job. you will be surprise how thankless a military job is