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BENGHAZI 2
Oct 13, 2007

by Cyrano4747

oliveoil posted:

What does it take?

I work at a top tech company and I like to think I could get someone on track to self-teach themselves how to code at a level to succeed at Facebook, LinkedIn, and other similar companies while gradually gaining the experience to get hired.

Is this just naive? It does seem to me that anyone who is healthy and not challenged by dependent children or otherwise required to invest their free time in other people could go from zero to making $150k per year or more within 2-3 years without college.

ok and what am i going to do to pay my rent for those 2-3 years where i'm learning to do this full time

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BENGHAZI 2
Oct 13, 2007

by Cyrano4747

Dexterous Spider posted:

On a logical note all the financially stable people (because rich is a gimmick word), that I know and have talked to, tossed me some solid tips. May as well share a few.

1. Invest now and dont try to play the markets. The younger you invest, the more money you have later on. Its a long game but pays out.

2. Assets and liabilities.
A. Assets are things you buy, that make you money. A work car, college, IRAs, Hedge Funds.
B. Liabilities are everything else that cost money and do not make you a return to your investment, like Netflix (unless you only use it to learn), hookers, and cocaine. (Although some will argue that cocaine *can* be an investment, it is just a risky one.).

Finding that balance changes lives.

drat thanks I'll tell that to all the minimum wage people I know so they can invest their extra money they don't have

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