Programmers: Before you turn 40, get a plan B (2009) • Hacker News Board

Re: Programmers: Before you turn 40, get a plan B (2009)

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Post by vithlani » Thu, Apr 16, 2015, 8:23 AM UTC

siberianbear wrote: post #138

misteredison12 wrote: post #132

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Can you give more details on your story? I'm particularly interested in how much you needed to retire, and how you've set everything up to make yourself comfortable that you won't run out of money.

This subject has been researched in great detail. There's lots of great information all over the Internet. I recommend these two blogs if you want to learn more: http://earlyretirementextreme.com/ http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/ The TL;DR is this: you need to be able to live off about 3.5% of your portfolio for one year. That will allow you to avoid depleting your principal over a very long term, and also give yourse…

Congratulations.

Why did you decide to take this route at 23? What were the drivers.

Thank you for sharing.

Re: Programmers: Before you turn 40, get a plan B (2009)

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Post by crististm » Thu, Apr 16, 2015, 8:00 PM UTC

sukilot wrote: post #285

crististm wrote: post #233

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I am now convinced that an idiot in a management position is unable to raise himself above the level of idiocy he is in - by any means. By definition, he should have to _listen_ and _weigh_ the facts being reported to him, not only to filter out the hidden agendas, but to also see all the facets of reality. Doing this would automatically exclude him from the idiots group. Unfortunately most of management ones will no…

Did you mean "or" not "for", or are you an old fogey who forgot that most of HN wasn't yet born when Challenger exploded?

You made my day. I meant "for" but indeed time is relative. I was 11 at the time and Challenger event is "recent" to me even now. Maybe because I was into stars and rockets and a friend showed me a newspaper cut with Challenger launch a year before or so.

Re: Programmers: Before you turn 40, get a plan B (2009)

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Post by aswanson » Sun, Apr 19, 2015, 3:26 AM UTC

jv22222 wrote: post #274

aswanson wrote: post #255

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What advice would you give to old forty year olds like myself that waited too long to read the tea leaves?

I think the main building block is to have mental elasticity and willingness to try new ideas and technology. Also, you need to be willing to get over the hump. That part when you are looking at something like node or rabbitmq. You've read the intros 2-3 times and it still seems like crazy incomprehensible gobbledygook. When I get to that place, I stop working on it, go out for a walk and just let my brain work throu…

Good lookout on Airpair. Did not even know it existed.