The timing is off - why's internet exodus was about a decade too early for that to be the case. His offline identity has also been pretty thoroughly leaked by n

The timing is off - why's internet exodus was about a decade too early for that to be the case. His offline identity has also been pretty thoroughly leaked by now also and he has continued to work as a pretty standard dev since. His pseudonymous activities were never very revenue generating anyway for money to spark a retirement.