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Re: Ask HN: After earning how much money are you planning to retire?

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Post by itamarst » Thu, Apr 12, 2018, 8:16 PM UTC

potta_coffee wrote: post #30

luxpir wrote: post #25

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Regarding mediocre: https://lwn.net/Articles/641779/ The take-away from the post (and vid, linked at bottom) is that most people should be mediocre. It's not a bad thing. Take pride in having reached that far. As for the selling issue; you're aware of it, so that's obviously a good thing. Next is to put together some kind of promo that you can live with. A portfolio site, some blogging about what you've learned etc.…

Thanks for taking the time to respond, it's helpful. I do tend to self-deprecate. I'm really working on not doing that anymore. I've come a long way but the past few weeks have been really discouraging. I interviewed for some jobs and got turned down. The sad thing is, after talking to the devs that interviewed me, I was pretty certain that I'm more competent than they are. I was turned away because I'm "obviously no…

Lots of job interviews don't involve gotcha language questions. So it's worth spending some time filtering companies based on how they interview, if there are some interview styles you don't like.

Also, you may be underselling yourself by focusing too much on specific technical knowledge.

I'm happy to do a resume review (which is often a how-do-you-pitch-yourself review) - been doing a bunch and people seem to find them helpful. Email me at itamar@codewithoutrules.com. May answer with delay, but will answer.

Re: Ask HN: After earning how much money are you planning to retire?

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Post by SirLJ » Thu, Apr 12, 2018, 8:39 PM UTC

Just work on your passive income generation, few hundred thousands per year would be enough for most people....

Once you have your FY money, you'll see that retirement is overrated... and I have a lot of hobbies + plans to travel with my wife when the kids are out of the house (hopefully in the next few years), but besides all that, every year I am postponing my retirement, because I just cannot leave the team I am managing... so maybe next year :-)

Re: Ask HN: After earning how much money are you planning to retire?

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Post by potta_coffee » Thu, Apr 12, 2018, 8:55 PM UTC

itamarst wrote: post #31

potta_coffee wrote: post #30

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Thanks for taking the time to respond, it's helpful. I do tend to self-deprecate. I'm really working on not doing that anymore. I've come a long way but the past few weeks have been really discouraging. I interviewed for some jobs and got turned down. The sad thing is, after talking to the devs that interviewed me, I was pretty certain that I'm more competent than they are. I was turned away because I'm "obviously no…

Lots of job interviews don't involve gotcha language questions. So it's worth spending some time filtering companies based on how they interview, if there are some interview styles you don't like. Also, you may be underselling yourself by focusing too much on specific technical knowledge. I'm happy to do a resume review (which is often a how-do-you-pitch-yourself review) - been doing a bunch and people seem to find t…

Thanks for the offer. I'll likely take advantage of it. I've been submitting my resume a lot, and making tweaks here and there.

Re: Ask HN: After earning how much money are you planning to retire?

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Post by muzani » Fri, Apr 13, 2018, 2:30 PM UTC

dennisgorelik wrote: post #29

muzani wrote: post #26

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It wasn't great. There's a lot of anxiety watching my bank account go down with no plan at all. Resting seems even more unproductive, it resulted in a lot of bad habits forming. I find I am much happier working 14 hours/day than resting 24 hours. I did have an extremely productive remote work era during that period for a side project, but unfortunately the team fell apart.

> it resulted in a lot of bad habits forming What kind of bad habits did "resting" form?

Well things like needing more rest. I ended up "resting" 3 weekdays a week. Or things like taking 3 hours to prepare for the work day, via meditation, clearing up my workspace, getting exercise, and so on. I wouldn't say it's laziness, but having too much time makes you bad at time management.

Re: Ask HN: After earning how much money are you planning to retire?

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Post by elliottinvent » Fri, Apr 13, 2018, 9:37 PM UTC

For me, I think the answer is very different depending on whether you've got a job with set hours and location (which we should all get away from) or whether you're more flexible and maybe running your own business.

I've run my own businesses since leaving school and although I expect to slow down as I get older, I don't ever want to retire. I just want my role to evolve and spend more of my work time doing the (work related) things I enjoy most. I've always thought that business owners who look forward to retirement need a new business.