Thank you for writing this, it's great food for thought, especially as you're under no obligation to either write it or to write to a particular level of detail.
Reading this was time well spent in the ongoing adjustment of my brain.
How I retired at age 25
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#32I keep noticing lately this kind of blogs: "I made millions without hard work from this simple passive-income scheme with just a small e-book..." etc.
I wonder who's making the REAL money. And what is he selling. These blogs are probably fabricated, but what's their point? Lots of people doing blogs and e-books about lots of niches? Only Google gains from that.
Or maybe lots of unhappy "entrepreneurs" looking for SEO tips? That's more like it...
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#33Well looking at your profile picture, I would say you got rich by pillaging and plundering on the modern high seas: the internet.
What is wrong with people here? They lack any sense of humor. Besides, this guy is making money selling ads. I'm surprised there wasn't a solicitation for a book. Oh wait.
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#35I'm waiting for the sequel "How I sucked in a whole bunch of HN readers by submitting a corny, too-good-to-be-true headline"
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#36How lame. I'm 35 and I haven't even started working.
How? In school?
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#37Pictures or it didn't happen.
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#38"Work for someone who produces actual content and then happen to be married to them so you can claim all that money is yours."
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
The other part nkh didn't mention is you can retire after 20 at half pay. If you make Lt Col by then (not so hard), that'll be about $45k free yearly income at age 42 for the rest of your life. Plus, it's quite easy to then get a military contracting job. That, with the secret clearance you'll have as an officer, pays pretty nicely.
If you make Lt Col by then (not so hard) I have a lot of friends who stayed at Westpoint, and served at least two tours in Iraq or Afghanistan. They would argue with you over the "not so hard" part of the argument.
My fiance's brother has done multiple tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan as part of the IED group. From the experiences he's been able to share, "not so hard" could only be written by someone without active duty military experience. I would never want to see the things our soldiers see or have the experiences they do.
They do a great service for our country; and honestly, can end up fairly well off if they manage to survive 20 years + land an additional job after retirement at 38+.
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is that just a one time amount or yearly? I know of people that have been in the marines for 20 years and then have a retirement that pays him yearly and also has a job that pays well.
The other part nkh didn't mention is you can retire after 20 at half pay. If you make Lt Col by then (not so hard), that'll be about $45k free yearly income at age 42 for the rest of your life. Plus, it's quite easy to then get a military contracting job. That, with the secret clearance you'll have as an officer, pays pretty nicely.
I wonder why you call it "$45k free yearly income", since you would have pissed 20 years of your life away. Not exactly "free".