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I'm skeptical about the standard take on financial freedom. I think that a normal programmer can save enough in 5 years to live overseas off the interest with a

by strey 19y ago

I'm skeptical about the standard take on financial freedom. I think that a normal programmer can save enough in 5 years to live overseas off the interest with a comfortable standard of living. So, financial freedom isn't some high and lofty goal for the driven and privileged, but something we all can have fairly easily and dependably. Things like startups should only be done because they are exciting and fun. Not out of some desperate drive for money.

pmjordan 19y ago
While that may be true, there are two problems with this: * Most of us don't want to move to most places which have such a low cost of living. Living in a beach hut for the rest of my life is just not very attractive to me. I guess it depends on your definition of "comfortable" but I'd have to say that I wouldn't want to live in any of the developing countries I've visited. Besides, luxury goods will be imports anyway, and still have western prices. * Will those places that currently have such a low cost of living stay like that for another 60 years? I really doubt it.