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Beaten, neglected, molested, unsafe, etc. Many family & friends died from drugs, disease, poor life choices. Read books on success & business. Moved out at 16.
by tomcam 2y ago
Beaten, neglected, molested, unsafe, etc. Many family & friends died from drugs, disease, poor life choices. Read books on success & business. Moved out at 16. Taught myself programming and business. Married a hot smart fellow nerd. Got good jobs, bought a business and monetized it. Had fantastic kids. Grateful every day to not be where I woke up. Retired to a farm recently.
- askHN2024 2y agoSorry you had a rough start, but so glad you made it out. This is so awesome, glad to read it. Good luck to you all!
- tomcam 2y agoThank you. Still have nightmares sometimes
- malux85 2y agoCongrats, I’m very similar to you I’m just at the monetised it phase now, one day I hope to retire to a farm too :)
- tomcam 2y agoReally more of a hobby farm. Was a dream of mine for 50 years before we bought it. Incredibly beautiful. My best to you and yours. It can be done!
- justmarc 2y agoGreat life story. There's nothing that cannot be achieved if you set your sights on it (and persist).
- tomcam 2y agoOne of my kids calls my childhood a horror story lol. Haven’t told them a lot either.
- malux85 2y agoThank you! Yes I think mine would be a hobby farm too, I want some cute lambs and a goat and somewhere to have some orange trees, that’s about it ^.^
- JSDevOps 2y ago[flagged]
- tomcam 2y agoYou’re kind of correct. I have mentioned these things on HN often enough that I didn’t want to bore people. But I also like letting people know that a normal person can get pretty far using well-known techniques.
- askHN2024 2y agoSpeaking for myself, I can sound “artificial” when I am either overwhelmed or masking.
- throwaway6734 2y agoCongratulations and thank you for breaking the cycle.
- tomcam 2y agoThanks much. That was indeed my goal.