[itake]

I don’t see that takeaway at all. He didn’t fail because of lack of money. His life is not worse due to spending his savings. He still has a highly valuable skill set and can easily replace that with 1-3 years of working at a company.

If he has $500k, spent $20k living cheaply for a year, I’d bet he would be in a similar position that he is in now and choose to re-enter the workforce after a year of failure.

[tmpz22]

> He still has a highly valuable skill set and can easily replace that with 1-3 years of working at a company

1-3 years of work is not a casual expense.

[Invictus0]

I think if he had started with more savings, he would have been less bitter about the failure. He still would have been able to take his girlfriend out for dinner.

[bagacrap]

This complaint made no sense to me. What was his girlfriend doing? Why does she rely on his largess to go out? Is she also a failed indiehacker, or was she using her own income to cover rent and all shared expenses? I think it's irresponsible to take a big risk with someone else's finances, and becoming bitter as you lose that gambit just makes you seem out of touch with reality.