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Ask HN: you're rich, now what?

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Re: Ask HN: you're rich, now what?

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Post by modoc »

sebg wrote: post #4
brk wrote: post #3

Do it again. Once is luck. Twice is skill.

brilliant. reminds me of the missive: if you are the type of person who would stop working once you obtained a fortune, then you are never going to get a fortune...

Define work?

Hopefully I'll get to the point where I can live comfortably off the wealth generated by work I've already completed. If I do, at that point, I won't stop using the computer. I won't stop writing software. I will stop setting the alarm clock though, and I'll stop saying "I have to work" to my wife when I'd rather be spending time with her, and I'll stop working with hard deadlines.

I won't sit on a beach all day, but a few hours a day would be very nice!

Re: Ask HN: you're rich, now what?

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Post by rcoder »

Improve the world: start a charitable foundation; support amazing candidates for public office; invest in social services for developing nations.

Improve yourself: go back to school and get a degree in history, or music, or art; travel to another continent and live somewhere new long enough to learn the language; write a book, and read a lot of other peoples'.

Improve others: get your teaching certificate (usually <1 year of school) and teach math to middle-school students; tutor kids at a local library or after-school program in computers; adopt.

Re: Ask HN: you're rich, now what?

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Post by ashleyw » 

    • Move to the SF area
    • Attend loads of cool conferences
    • Splash out on some new gear — a new Mac for starters
    • Be able to spend a lot more time on personal projects
    • Start a new startup; its not work if you enjoy doing it. ;)
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