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Ask HN: Did you get "never have to work again rich" through software?

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Re: Ask HN: Did you get "never have to work again rich" through software?

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I feel obliged to comment, although not with my normal HN username. I’m 41. I retired two years ago at the age of 39. I spent 18 years working in Silicon Valley at four different companies of various sizes. At 29 I was promoted to a first-level manager. Two of the companies I worked for were successful while I was there, although not spectacularly so. Mostly I minimized my costs. For the last five years of my career,…

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Re: Ask HN: Did you get "never have to work again rich" through software?

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I feel obliged to comment, although not with my normal HN username. I’m 41. I retired two years ago at the age of 39. I spent 18 years working in Silicon Valley at four different companies of various sizes. At 29 I was promoted to a first-level manager. Two of the companies I worked for were successful while I was there, although not spectacularly so. Mostly I minimized my costs. For the last five years of my career,…

nice! The many girls thing will rapidly get boring though. Friends thing never will.

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I feel obliged to comment, although not with my normal HN username. I’m 41. I retired two years ago at the age of 39. I spent 18 years working in Silicon Valley at four different companies of various sizes. At 29 I was promoted to a first-level manager. Two of the companies I worked for were successful while I was there, although not spectacularly so. Mostly I minimized my costs. For the last five years of my career,…

amazing.

Re: Ask HN: Did you get "never have to work again rich" through software?

#44
No, not yet. I just got a job which pays me good, after 3 years of struggle. 25 Now I dont know what to do, since I got a job which I wanted after some 3 years. I work in a startup, we are building a product for middle east which is already proven in US. hopefully there will be a landfall of money someday. Still I have no idea what to do after 2 years.

Re: Ask HN: Did you get "never have to work again rich" through software?

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nice! The many girls thing will rapidly get boring though. Friends thing never will.

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I think you posted under a throwaway, and then replied with your actual account.

> Women have almost no intellectual curiosity. It is just how they are wired. If you want to have great conversations about anything meaningful, you must find a man.

I hope you someday learn to see women in a little better light.

Re: Ask HN: Did you get "never have to work again rich" through software?

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nice! The many girls thing will rapidly get boring though. Friends thing never will.

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>Women have almost no intellectual curiosity. It is just how they are wired. If you want to have great conversations about anything meaningful, you must find a man.

You are hanging around the wrong women if that is what you are really interested in (I suspect not). I would be careful generalizing your experience with certain women to the remaining 50% of the human race!

But kudos to your success.

Re: Ask HN: Did you get "never have to work again rich" through software?

#48
Yes

I did it through pretty consistent work with large companies over 15 years but two startups as well. The startups both exited successfully but really just brought my compensation up to normal vs. a Google.

It felt like any other day. I write code because I love it. That said, I got really picky at work and started refusing total shit work.

I was 40.

Microsoft and Google really. The startups added a modest bump.

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nice! The many girls thing will rapidly get boring though. Friends thing never will.

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I think there might be some selection bias there: if you are iretired from above, it sounds like you are choosing women based on appearance alone. While a fine pursuit, it won't necessarily lead to intellectual conversations.

Re: Ask HN: Did you get "never have to work again rich" through software?

#50

I feel obliged to comment, although not with my normal HN username. I’m 41. I retired two years ago at the age of 39. I spent 18 years working in Silicon Valley at four different companies of various sizes. At 29 I was promoted to a first-level manager. Two of the companies I worked for were successful while I was there, although not spectacularly so. Mostly I minimized my costs. For the last five years of my career,…

nice! The many girls thing will rapidly get boring though. Friends thing never will.

[Thanks, japhyr, for pointing that out although we obviously disagree]

Actually, I've already figured that out. This guy is going to be my friend for the rest of my life even though I've only known him for a year. Several times it's happened that we both make excuses to ditch our respective girlfriends to just hang out alone together, drink wine and talk about life. Women have almost no intellectual curiosity. It is just how they are wired. If you want to have great conversations about anything meaningful, you must find a man.

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