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Comment by iandanforth | Hacker News Reader

Such drivel. If you really want to move people to act give them a clear roadmap for a lifestyle that supports years without meaningful income.

Did you have $1M in savings? Did you have rich parents? Did you just live off your SO's income? Did you have financial dependants like children or elderly parents?

I hope I'm wrong but this just reeks of intense privilege being misconstrued as nonconformity.

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> I hope I'm wrong but this just reeks of intense privilege being misconstrued as nonconformity.

Just because not everyone is privileged, does that mean that nobody should ever write articles targeted towards privliged people?

1. Don't have kids

2. Work at one or more MAAAMs for 10-12 years, while living on $40k/yr

3. Retire, maintain lifestyle

If you somehow run out of money, just pull a Michael Jordan or a Jay-Z

Variations include working 3 years on, 2-3 years off, or working 3-4 months per year. The point is that if you're a programmer and you don't have children, you don't have to work very much.

That sounds great. Unfortunately in America, healthcare costs depend a lot on how well your employer negotiates with an insurer. If you're on your own and you want the same level of coverage, you're gonna have to pay a lot more money. If it wasn't for that, I'd have totally taken a sabbatical since Covid started.

If you're in a state which signed on for post-Obamacare Medicare expansion (or WI, which self-funded BadgerCare), you may be eligible for free health care without a wealth test. In other words, if you cut off your income to rely on savings, you may be able to get good healthcare from the gov't, until such a time as you start making money again.

The audience is people who will find a way, or even already have a way. In my opinion clear roadmaps aren't really on topic.

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