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Re:Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2017... by stinley on Friday September 01, 2017 @12:29PM (#15149959)
Did you get to that size of nest egg through investing?
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Re:Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2017... by pilom on Friday September 01, 2017 @02:00PM (#15150895)
At this point, of the 300k, about 225k is from contributions (savings) and 75k is from gains. The bigger the account gets though, the bigger a percentage the gains will be as the account grows faster than my annual income does.
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Re:Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2017... by stinley on Friday September 01, 2017 @03:25PM (#15151676)
Nice, that's awesome you were able to save so much. What expenses did you cut to be able to save like that? What are your non-negotiable expenses?
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