My fantasy set up: remote FT developer, with a small float tank business in my basement, and a dog walking business with a few clients. A few hundred dollars a

My fantasy set up: remote FT developer, with a small float tank business in my basement, and a dog walking business with a few clients. A few hundred dollars a day from various sources, with a nice walk in the afternoon, and a chance to meet new people through the float tank business. If you lose your dev job, the main source of income, you at least have enough back up to get you through it. I have no idea if this is actually feasible or not, but it's what I'll be attempting to pull off over the next few years. Think about what you enjoy doing and if there's some way to get paid for that. Teaching, writing, speaking, land lording, house flipping, coaching. Design, build, and manage (or some subset of that) vacation properties, and you can use them for yourself when not rented. You could also use some labour to reduce costs rather than generate income. Grow your own food, fix your own car, ERE style.