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Re:A Dark Room: From Sabbatical Year to $800k by sumedh on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @09:11PM (#16012366)
> he could have retired early only 10 years later.

That is a flawed argument. 10 years later you might not have the same drive/ambition which you have right now.

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Re:A Dark Room: From Sabbatical Year to $800k by purplethinking on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @09:39AM (#16014968)
Maybe, but sounds a bit like future discounting to me. I'm just presenting my dilemma, and I don't think the solution is to be idle for 10 years and then switch to entrepeneurship overnight. More like work a normal job and try to get stuff going on the side, but don't risk your life savings for a lottery ticket.
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