Ask HN: What are fastest paths to financial success?

[snowisgone]

At Digg, one mentor gave me the savvy advice that the fastest path to financial success was working for four years at three different just-about-to-IPO companies. A surefire way to retire by forty. (This is, for the record, pretty good advice.)

https://lethain.com/forty-year-career/

What are other fastest paths to financial success? Currently am a software engineer, so looking for advice in this career choice.

[icedchai]

Real "The Millionaire Next Door." The basics are 1) get a decent job, 2) live below your means, 3) save and invest (mostly in low cost index funds or ETFs.) Do this for a couple of decades.

Finding three solid about-to-IPO companies would be like winning the lottery. You'll need more luck than you think. Take the luck out of the equation.

[gregjor]

First, you need to make a lot of money. Credit to Monty Python for this tip.

[morninglight]

For starters, always define your important goals in terms of clear and unambiguous metrics. For example: What are your criteria for 'financial success'?

[throwaway888abc]

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