I Sold TinyPilot, My First Successful Business

Re:I Sold TinyPilot, My First Successful Business by lp0_on_fire on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @06:23PM (#40517769)

Half a million dollars would be a life-changing amount to the vast majority of the American population.

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Re:I Sold TinyPilot, My First Successful Business by ThrowawayTestr on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @07:34PM (#40518400)

But to an experienced programmer making a fraction of that a year at Google, it's not that much.

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Re:I Sold TinyPilot, My First Successful Business by pc86 on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @10:34PM (#40519570)

For someone being so pedantic about a half million dollar payday I would've expected you to consider that any amount above or below that is technically "a fraction."

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Re:I Sold TinyPilot, My First Successful Business by consumer451 on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @10:05PM (#40519395)

I would be very curious how life changing that would be for the average HN user.

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Re:I Sold TinyPilot, My First Successful Business by HeyLaughingBoy on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @11:18PM (#40519748)

I don't make FAAANGGGG money, but I'm a pretty well paid programmer for this area and that amount would pay off the balance on my mortgage. Hell, I'd be completely debt-free if someone threw half a million in my direction and have enough left over to buy the wife a top of the line pickup truck or two. So yeah, I'd definitely consider it life changing.

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Re:I Sold TinyPilot, My First Successful Business by lawn on Thursday May 30, 2024 @02:38AM (#40520792)

It's pretty close to my FIRE number. Of course, I don't live in an expensive city.

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