https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk83N2u1ZmY


Pretty consistent story, for the last 15 years. Software analyst for Microsoft becomes financially independent, retires in his 30's & marries a doll. The lion kingdom spent its 30's getting told to get lost.

The 1st one lions heard of was DC Rain Maker hanging up his laptop & moving to France. Lions also heard of old guys at MS marrying doll brides. Sailboat guy is the biggest lifestyle change.

Microsoft had a good thing going, despite becoming nearly irrelevant during the rise of the phone & Linux. Suspect their software analysts are more like contractors who get to keep most of the revenue of the contracts, rather than salaried employees.

Not sure how many employees are getting a golden ticket nowadays or how many of them retire because of burnout or being in the industry for reasons other than interest in programming. Lions only heard of 1 goog employee retiring in his 30's. Facebook hasn't been around long enough to create many golden tickets.

A key difference is the Seattle workers 15 years ago could preserve all their money in home equity.

In a quick search, a 50' boat in good condition like that would cost everything the lion kingdom ever made. It actually has more space than the apartment. The mane risk is lions are going to hit an age limit, after which no-one is ever going to hire them again.

That makes all the money have to come up front, rather than after a 10 year sailing adventure. The Microsoft graduates might be qualified for less technical management roles, which don't face such a hard cutoff age. They can go back to work, while lions are out of luck.




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