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  1. GrayCode

    Am I being too impulsive?

    INTRO 
    I'd like to ask a different question and see if you can look at it a little different. How much money are you taking home every 2-weeks or every month from this position? If your expenses are $800 per month and you're able to sock away $2400 per month then for every 1 month you work, you...
  2. GrayCode

    How I got hired as a software engineer without a college degree

    GOLD! MINDSET 
    Did you wind up following through?
  3. GrayCode

    Should I learn coding or source the technology?

    There's more here to think about. Do you have lots of funds at your fingertips? Then pay to have it built. However if you're an 'always almost broke' with no skills and just trying to find someone to partner with to build your brilliant surely multi-million (maybe billion) idea then I would...
  4. GrayCode

    How I got hired as a software engineer without a college degree

    GOLD! MINDSET 
    This made me smile, Thank you very much for your response. I'm happy to hear that you're making these changes. Hands down becoming a software engineer changed my life and I'm sure it can do the same for others who are hungry and willing to learn the craft. DM me if you have questions or need...
  5. GrayCode

    How I got hired as a software engineer without a college degree

    GOLD! MINDSET 
    Books: - TMF and Unscripted. - Market Wizards - Dark Pools - Reminiscences of a stock operator - All Nicholas Nassim Taleb books - Well Grounded Rubyist - Principles of Object Oriented Design - Metaprogramming in Ruby Podcasts/Videos: - Andy Frisella - Chamath Palihapitiya - Naval...
  6. GrayCode

    Investing while still having debt

    INVESTING 
    Exactly, this guy gets it. :rofl:
  7. GrayCode

    Investing while still having debt

    INVESTING 
    Looking at your game plan it seems to be the best approach because it's really the only thing you can do while you build up. I like it. If I were to recommend any two books to begin putting you on the path to learning trading - I would highly recommend: 1) Market Wizards 2) Dark Pools...
  8. GrayCode

    Investing while still having debt

    INVESTING 
    I so extremely dislike this point of view on the markets. @minivanman I appreciate lots of your posts and all of your experience. But surely we can agree that to some people the markets are not 'just a casino'. 1 in 999 is a random statistic. The average person who has FOMO will likely lose...
  9. GrayCode

    Sign me up?! Or FYRE / Theranos Part 2?

    OFF-TOPIC 
    @MJ DeMarco This is one of the companies that paid off huge for me in another thread I posted that you recently commented on here. I've since sold because I got in really early and sold when the stock was around 85 or so. But I did plenty of DD before investing and I believe they're very...
  10. GrayCode

    Timing & Execution During the 2020 Market Crash. 400% gains. My story.

    EXECUTION 
    Should've added this above but I'm going to just add it here. Currently, since I'm out of this position - I'm mostly cash now. About 86% actually. That's alot, with the rest in airline stocks for now. I'm not quite sure where the markets are headed and I don't think anyone is at the moment...
  11. GrayCode

    Timing & Execution During the 2020 Market Crash. 400% gains. My story.

    EXECUTION 
    I wanted to post an update on this thread! If you read through it, you'll see I originally titled the thread something to the effect of 'closing in on my first million in the market crash' It was met with some disagreement, which is ok. I saw everyones point in saying that approaching first...
  12. GrayCode

    Timing & Execution During the 2020 Market Crash. 400% gains. My story.

    EXECUTION 
    So your own drawn conclusion here is ... (without knowing me)... that I've taken a bunch of money and bet it all on black and I just happened to get lucky (lotto winnings) and that in no time I'll likely be back at baseline or even worse off because most 'lotto winners' can't manage their...
  13. GrayCode

    First Fastlane Month, Feels Amazing! $65,000+ Revenue Pre-tax

    GOLD! TAXES | REGS 
    Thank you - If you have a passion for coding and what it can bring to your life, then I highly recommend it. You never really stop learning, but once you get past the initial hump and you can start doing things on your own it's great! Obviously you can use it for anything you want, business...
  14. GrayCode

    Timing & Execution During the 2020 Market Crash. 400% gains. My story.

    EXECUTION 
    Thanks for the response here. Yep, completely a calculation of opportunity cost. I'm not sure why others are seeing having 400k (after taxes) as a bad risk to reward ratio of quitting the job, especially when that buys 5+ years of time. I mentioned numerous times in my posts, if I were to be...
  15. GrayCode

    Timing & Execution During the 2020 Market Crash. 400% gains. My story.

    EXECUTION 
    Yeah, I think this has been commonly missed in my OP. I was extremely patient on my entries. Certainly not frenetic/gambling in nature like most people treat trading. As for SPACs, I don't necessarily focus on them. But it's becoming a more common way for a company to go public via reverse...
  16. GrayCode

    Timing & Execution During the 2020 Market Crash. 400% gains. My story.

    EXECUTION 
    Agreed. Not sustainable. 400% is not sustainable unless we're going from $1 to $4 to $16 :) Didn't intend to come across as a genius. Just trying to share what I did as far as timing the market. 100% agree. Certainly not sustainable.
  17. GrayCode

    Timing & Execution During the 2020 Market Crash. 400% gains. My story.

    EXECUTION 
    Update: I changed the title as mentioned in my previous post to: "Timing & Execution During The 2020 Market Crash. 400% Gains. My Story." Hopefully this better reflects what is portrayed in the post.
  18. GrayCode

    Timing & Execution During the 2020 Market Crash. 400% gains. My story.

    EXECUTION 
    In that specific month it was $5k job (take home), $30k (trading), 30k (side dev jobs). So when I look at it like this, the job although still considered 'decent pay' doesn't seem all that worth it anymore.. Valid points. I'm looking to use the cash as investment into my platform I've been...
  19. GrayCode

    Timing & Execution During the 2020 Market Crash. 400% gains. My story.

    EXECUTION 
    I think this is a fair assessment. I wrote 'closing in on 1m' since that's how I view the next milestone. Passed 500k so next target is 1m. I'm aware of that, I said in my OP that I was waiting for the right time to dive in. Which means that I'm aware it's a unique time. Correct, I wasn't...
  20. GrayCode

    Timing & Execution During the 2020 Market Crash. 400% gains. My story.

    EXECUTION 
    Maybe one day. I'd have to become slightly more successful for it to feel right. Also I have an issue with most self-help related books that all preach the same things and bloat it to 200 pages when it could really be said in 30-40. We'll see, probably not for many years.
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