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Jul 10, 2018 • 23 tweets • 9 min read
Thread: How to self teach valuable skills like sales, happiness and networking (these skills should be taught in university and high school, but aren't). Reading recommendations for autodidacts -->
Financial independence has obvious upsides. You can live comfortably without working, spending your time on more interesting and fun things.
Financial independence is easier than you've been told.
Here's an unconventional but effective path to financial independence:
The short path to financial independence: Get a remote job (developer, copywriter, or SDR). Move to somewhere like Chiang Mai. Save surplus income up to $300k. You’re now financially independent. You can quit your job and live off the return provided by your savings.
Jul 2, 2018 • 20 tweets • 6 min read
Programming is a great gig - great pay, great perks, high status.
It's possible to self-teach from zero knowledge to a full-time job in 6 months.
Currently, few people understand this.
Here's some evidence you can do it, and some resources for getting started:
1/ "I genuinely do not understand why so few people decide to become software engineers. The barriers to entry are pretty low, the pay and perks are good, the job high status and fun, and one can learn enough to get a job, by themselves, in ~3-6 months." @altimor
