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Re:I Quit My Job to Live on Donations to Zig by sotojuan on Thursday June 07, 2018 @11:28AM (#17256650)
Not only does he probably have a good amount of savings, he can easily get a new job if this experiment fails. It’s a gutsy move I’d never be able to do but not really something he can’t recover from.
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Re:I Quit My Job to Live on Donations to Zig by asdfman123 on Thursday June 07, 2018 @12:17PM (#17257218)
Yeah, as a former senior engineer with a well known company, who took time off to develop his own programming language all he has to do is throw his resume into the recruiter feeding frenzy and immediately get a job.

While it's admirable, I can't really say it's risky. Risky is quitting in a field where people stay laid off for like a year.

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Re:I Quit My Job to Live on Donations to Zig by beagle3 on Thursday June 07, 2018 @01:23PM (#17257997)
It IS risky unless he has a cushion to fall on (lots of saving or trust fund). Life tends to pull out expensive rabbits out of hats, more of them as one gets older.

At $1000/month, a broken or stolen laptop or bicycle is ~two months. In the US (which he is) Any medical issue, or a baby, is somewhere between three months and bankruptcy.

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Re:I Quit My Job to Live on Donations to Zig by gowld on Thursday June 07, 2018 @01:32PM (#17258109)
He's taking a sabbatical, not retiring permanently. Sure, he needs to have some money saved up.
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Re:I Quit My Job to Live on Donations to Zig by asdfman123 on Thursday June 07, 2018 @01:36PM (#17258160)
Well, I assume he's going to be smart about it and have at least six months' income.
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Re:I Quit My Job to Live on Donations to Zig by ChristianGeek on Thursday June 07, 2018 @06:55PM (#17261104)
If he’s spending $2K on a bike then he’s not living a “modest” life.
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Re:I Quit My Job to Live on Donations to Zig by workinthehead on Friday June 08, 2018 @04:28AM (#17263599)
Baloney. If your bicycle is a serious mode of transportation that's not unreasonable at all.
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