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People who look forward to retiring are like people who look forward to heaven: missing out on life due to the belief their “real” life hasn’t begun yet.

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I want to spend all day making music, and small games.

I haven't figured out a way to do that in a manner that supports myself.

Every job is ultimately filing out TPS reports. The reports might look a little different, but it's still a TPS report.

Amusingly, I spent years making multiples of your target comp and now I’m home sitting around using AI to make myself toy games.

The barrier has dropped so low that I think I’d have been more productive if I were still working.

Not like it's going to happen for me, but how did you reach such comp.

I'm a simple man. If I hit 2 million in net worth I'm done working. I don't plan on having a family, so I'm just supporting myself.

If I really made a ton of money I'd fund interesting open source games. Godot is the most popular open source game engine, and they're making it happen off just 40k a month.

I'm a bit surprised Microsoft hasn't filled the void here. What's a few million dollars a year to get new programmers fully invested in a .net first game engine?

Worked in HFT. But tbh everyone I know in FAANG who stuck it out is doing even better.

I've actually worked in finance for a bit, but I'm also content with where I'm at.

I don't this have a realistic chance at HFT though. Doesn't stop me from applying and dreaming...

I think we look forward to financial independence more so than the retirement itself. Could be nice not having to worry some Chatbot or younger dude are going to replace me and I'll have to go work in McDonalds (not that there's anything wrong with that).

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