You said: >>"Your advice is, at best, useful only to those who already have their basic needs provided for. Trust-fund babies and the like." The OP said: >>"CS

You said: >>"Your advice is, at best, useful only to those who already have their basic needs provided for. Trust-fund babies and the like." The OP said: >>"CS degree from a top-10, worked at a startup and a large company, enough savings to last a few years of solo development."