I'm the OP on that github issue. Put it this way: I'm building furniture for money, but I can't claim to be making a living at it yet. I'm fortunate to have a s

I'm the OP on that github issue. Put it this way: I'm building furniture for money, but I can't claim to be making a living at it yet. I'm fortunate to have a supportive partner and that we've moved to somewhere with a lower cost of living than Boston. We ran through a budgeting exercise a couple of years ago before I made the career change, and besides housing, our single biggest expense is health insurance. I've always lived cheaply, and it's let me take advantage of opportunities as they come up (I paid for school with money saved from working in software), but it's still a big transition going from two white collar jobs to one. I'm grateful that my partner and I both value the flexibility we get from living frugally.