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Were they modest goals, or are you being humble? I for one would enjoy hearing your story.
by jmd509 6y ago
Were they modest goals, or are you being humble? I for one would enjoy hearing your story.
- blamestross 6y agoI wanted to be a software engineer, make interesting things and a lot of money. At 28 I had a PhD in computer science, worked for Google, and was basically as far along in my career as I had the passion to do. I was a TL (happily not one now). I've moved to a smaller company and I'm liking that. I have accumulated about half of my retirement fund (I'm not expecting to live much past 60 due to health issues, so I need retire early or die working). My goal for the next 10 years is to establish the "retirement" phase of my life. Accumulate enough money, lower my CoL and build infrastructure to keep me fed and entertained for the next 30 years. I have a backlog of "things I really want to do to but nobody will pay me for" that I hope to be free to work on until I die.