Ask HN: I have $1M cash in my bank. How can I stretch it so I can retire?

Re:Ask HN: I have $1M cash in my bank. How can I stretch it ... by just-juan-post on Sunday November 29, 2020 @01:07AM (#25243272)

You need to set some parameters for us!

- How much per year do you want in your pocket? - Where do you want to live? (think climate, cost of living) - What will you do with your time? (take a year or two off, you may get bored) - How much will your retirement activities cost?

You get the idea.

Also consider part time remote work. If you're skilled I'm sure you can find a company that you can put in 10 hours per week at and it doesn't even have to be programming.

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Re:Ask HN: I have $1M cash in my bank. How can I stretch it ... by oriesdan on Sunday November 29, 2020 @04:30AM (#25244015)

> If you're skilled I'm sure you can find a company that you can put in 10 hours per week at

Do you have real world experience with that? I found on the contrary that the more skilled I get, the less companies are willing to make me work only part time. Which is too bad, because part time high paid job is really the best of both world.

Part time jobs in restaurants is what allowed me to learn programming when I was in early adult life, and I crave for as much time to learn new things, nowadays. Sadly, while people I work for are willing to negotiate insane amount of money (in my opinion), they are not to concede the slightest amount of time.

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Re:Ask HN: I have $1M cash in my bank. How can I stretch it ... by mghfreud on Sunday November 29, 2020 @01:12AM (#25243288)

Could you share pointers for part time remote work? (Especially for software)

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Re:Ask HN: I have $1M cash in my bank. How can I stretch it ... by gus_massa on Sunday November 29, 2020 @10:45AM (#25245765)

This is not exactly about a part time job, but I'd recommend to read whatever patio11 wrote about consulting like https://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/09/17/ramit-sethi-and-patrick... (HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4533498 ) or https://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/09/21/ramit-sethi-and-patrick... (HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4554669 ). Also, there is a monthly freelance thread here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23379195

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Re:Ask HN: I have $1M cash in my bank. How can I stretch it ... by jdboyd on Sunday November 29, 2020 @01:22AM (#25243319)

Freelance contracting is probably the easiest way to work part time. There is some stuff that is only x number of hours a week. This seems to mostly be sysadmin work or basic web design. The other option is to do something like 3-6 months on, then however long you want off, etc. Probably easiest for web and mobile developers.

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