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do you have a finance background? what resources did you use to get started?
by asdev 6y ago
do you have a finance background? what resources did you use to get started?
- hiram112 6y agoNo I don't have a finance background, but my dad was a finance guy. Growing up he gave a small amount of money to us each year in a mutual fund, and so I learned very young how exponential growth works. It's one thing to learn about it with formulas in math class, quite another to see the $500 invested at 12 years old become $3000 in your late 20s, without doing any work or maintenance. It leaves an impression. The best resource I can think of right now is something like Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/financialindependence/ https://www.reddit.com/r/financialindependence/. There are various sister subs that are more specific to the lifestyle you want. Getting started earlier - in your 20s, especially if you make a decent engineer's salary with low cost lifestyle - is the biggest advantage you have over everyone else.