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First and foremost, the books: I've read TMF and The Great Rat Race Escape .
A brief rundown on education and skills: I have a Bachelor's in Mathematics and Statistics. After much self-learning, I can confidently say that I am at least knowledgeable in full-stack web development, software engineering (in Python only for now), and data science.
When I was in college, I had a sense of the Fastlane (like Neo and the Matrix) long before I read either book. In one of my mathematics classes, a professor told us a quick story about a girl who had recently graduated with her bachelor's in mathematics and statistics. He said that she interned at some company, and then immediately upon graduation that company hired her for $90,000/year because they liked the way she thinks. The room was filled with "ooh's" and "ahh's" while I was looking around thinking, "Wtf? That's it? That's what we're supposed to be excited about? I wanna make way more money than that." And while part of my reaction was out of ignorance (since $90k/year is a great safety net right out of college), I knew that it would takes years before that $90k became 6 figures. And that's not even including income tax. I wanted millions and I knew salaries like that just don't cut it.
After graduating, I became obsessed with two things: teaching myself web development (and a bit of software development) and self-made millionaires. I eventually stumbled across TMF and it should have changed my life, but instead it just reaffirmed the suspicions I had in college. It didn't change my life because I was too comfortable and lazy to put it into action. I built a couple websites that I hoped would end up as Fastlane successes but they solved idol curiosities, not actual problems.
Fast forward to today: I've read The Great Rat Race Escape , moved from Washington state to Arizona (currently in San Tan Valley), and have two kids. One of my biggest hindrances to Fastlane action has been video games. As I write to you now, I am doing so from a Linux OS that is not compatible with most games and I don't even bother attempting roundabout installs anyway. It's been at least 5 months since I have played a single video game. Blocking certain dopamine-hit websites has also helped tremendously and also made me realize that I don't have a focus issue, I had a "too many easily accessible distractions" issue. It was like I expected myself to adhere to a diet while leaving a donuts box on my computer desk.
Anyway, I'm officially here and am working on a Fastlane venture. I'm currently in the "desert of desertion" and so I don't want to disclose what it is but I will gladly make a progress thread when it is ready to engage the market.
A brief rundown on education and skills: I have a Bachelor's in Mathematics and Statistics. After much self-learning, I can confidently say that I am at least knowledgeable in full-stack web development, software engineering (in Python only for now), and data science.
When I was in college, I had a sense of the Fastlane (like Neo and the Matrix) long before I read either book. In one of my mathematics classes, a professor told us a quick story about a girl who had recently graduated with her bachelor's in mathematics and statistics. He said that she interned at some company, and then immediately upon graduation that company hired her for $90,000/year because they liked the way she thinks. The room was filled with "ooh's" and "ahh's" while I was looking around thinking, "Wtf? That's it? That's what we're supposed to be excited about? I wanna make way more money than that." And while part of my reaction was out of ignorance (since $90k/year is a great safety net right out of college), I knew that it would takes years before that $90k became 6 figures. And that's not even including income tax. I wanted millions and I knew salaries like that just don't cut it.
After graduating, I became obsessed with two things: teaching myself web development (and a bit of software development) and self-made millionaires. I eventually stumbled across TMF and it should have changed my life, but instead it just reaffirmed the suspicions I had in college. It didn't change my life because I was too comfortable and lazy to put it into action. I built a couple websites that I hoped would end up as Fastlane successes but they solved idol curiosities, not actual problems.
Fast forward to today: I've read The Great Rat Race Escape , moved from Washington state to Arizona (currently in San Tan Valley), and have two kids. One of my biggest hindrances to Fastlane action has been video games. As I write to you now, I am doing so from a Linux OS that is not compatible with most games and I don't even bother attempting roundabout installs anyway. It's been at least 5 months since I have played a single video game. Blocking certain dopamine-hit websites has also helped tremendously and also made me realize that I don't have a focus issue, I had a "too many easily accessible distractions" issue. It was like I expected myself to adhere to a diet while leaving a donuts box on my computer desk.
Anyway, I'm officially here and am working on a Fastlane venture. I'm currently in the "desert of desertion" and so I don't want to disclose what it is but I will gladly make a progress thread when it is ready to engage the market.
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