I worked on my own stuff for a long time, trying to live off next to nothing. It didn't work and eventually I ran out of money. I got a job as a programmer-gr

I worked on my own stuff for a long time, trying to live off next to nothing. It didn't work and eventually I ran out of money. I got a job as a programmer-grunt. I saved up basically everything I made. After two years my bank account hit $50K and I quit and started working on my own stuff again. Life is so much easier now that I have some cash in the bank. Burning through credit cards seems like a bad path. It's just not necessary. I remember being afraid I would get addicted to easy money in the corporate world. I didn't. The lifestyle was nice, but the lack of freedom made it easy to quit. Now, I don't have a family to support. That would of course make things harder. I just wanted to strongly recommend the nest-egg approach to anyone grappling with finances.