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You want to get paid insane money, you have to be the boss. Working for someone else is not how you get bank.

• artursapek 10y ago
  ^ and it's easier to get there as a programmer than in most other fields. There's plenty of one or two-man operations out there.
  • joering2 10y ago
    Would love to know a few so I can (maybe) start on a new project...
    • urs2102 10y ago
      Great place to start: https://www.indiehackers.com/businesses https://www.indiehackers.com/businesses
    • srvlsct 10y ago
      ... or start your own
    • xiaoma 10y ago
      This is a great place to start: https://levels.io/12-startups-12-months/ https://levels.io/12-startups-12-months/
  • overcast 10y ago
    Especially with the internet, the costs are almost nothing, but your time.
• trustfundbaby 10y ago
  "A man can never drink his fill by waiting in line for the tap" -- From Breaking Bad
• djsumdog 10y ago
  It also requires a degree of knowing your worth, asking more than your worth, doing insane amounts of work and being very good at pricing and marketing yourself. I personally don't care that much about money, so I tend to work for a year or two and then take a year off: http://khanism.org/perspective/minimalism/ http://khanism.org/perspective/minimalism/ Unlike a lot of other careers, this isn't as difficult to do in software, and you end up working for better companies who care less about having a warm body that will stay there forever over having someone who can think creatively.