Hello everyone!
I'll try not to make this my life story. Basically I'm 19, nearly 20 and finished school last year. Didn't go to university as I wasn't willing to spend so much money or burden my parents with paying for me. I've also never liked formal education anyway. It's a waste for people like me.
I taught myself programming and work as a software engineer now. It's a comfy life, but I'm not looking for comfy. I can't imagine doing this all my life, it just feels like giving up. I can't see how people can stand this for decades. When I try to tell people how I feel they either laugh or get really mad for some reason lol. Like it's inconceivable that someone wouldn't want to waste their life in an office.
This place seems to have likeminded people and I've already picked up a lot of tips, so looking forward to spending more time here.
Anyway my goal is:
1) Sharpen my software dev skills enough to hold down a stable job (1 year).
2) Find a remote job so I'm location independent.
3) Now that I'm remote I can work more on running a business.
4) ???
5) Freedom!
For now, I'm not looking to be rich. I just want to be free from the 9 - 5 life chained to a desk and a routine. My goal is to retire by 25. Crazy? Yes. I don't care, I'm not gonna slave till I'm too old to wipe my own a$$.
I'll try not to make this my life story. Basically I'm 19, nearly 20 and finished school last year. Didn't go to university as I wasn't willing to spend so much money or burden my parents with paying for me. I've also never liked formal education anyway. It's a waste for people like me.
I taught myself programming and work as a software engineer now. It's a comfy life, but I'm not looking for comfy. I can't imagine doing this all my life, it just feels like giving up. I can't see how people can stand this for decades. When I try to tell people how I feel they either laugh or get really mad for some reason lol. Like it's inconceivable that someone wouldn't want to waste their life in an office.
This place seems to have likeminded people and I've already picked up a lot of tips, so looking forward to spending more time here.
Anyway my goal is:
1) Sharpen my software dev skills enough to hold down a stable job (1 year).
2) Find a remote job so I'm location independent.
3) Now that I'm remote I can work more on running a business.
4) ???
5) Freedom!
For now, I'm not looking to be rich. I just want to be free from the 9 - 5 life chained to a desk and a routine. My goal is to retire by 25. Crazy? Yes. I don't care, I'm not gonna slave till I'm too old to wipe my own a$$.
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