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44 points·coglethorpe··10 comments

I really love hearing advice from people who just "took the risk" and quit their job. It's one thing to take a risk, but what I want to know is how they could actually DO it and still, you know, pay the mortgage and pay for food and such.

Is it just that they accumulate massive savings for just this purpose, or what?

As a single person, $5,000 is 3 months of leisure. That's hardly unatainable.

he mentioned having a mortgage. Assuming a 300,000 house, 30 year mortgage at 5.7% or so, that's gotta be at least $2300. $5000, won't last more than 1.5 months in that situation.

My dad's mortgage payment is less than my rent payment. But I suppose if you assume living in an overpriced California suburb, then yes, it is hard to do.

Two anecdotes ≠ general rule.

I was thinking the same until I got to the end of the post:

>Don’t worry about building the next Google or making lots of money, because you’ll probably fail. But the lessons you learn and the connections you make will be worth it.

The general spirit of the piece is good.

FYI: If you want to upvote, just do it. Comments that add value to the discussion seem to be received much more warmly.

"The plural of 'anecdote' is not 'data'" --Frank Kotsonis

Anyone know if Vimagi got acquired by Facebook, or did Yariv just create a Vimagi facebook app?

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