[Ventito]

I think its a great achievement in itself but your post does push people in the thinking of 'i can just make a no work sustainable something as a service app and become rich'.

I don't think it works.

I think the best bet by far is either to optimize your job salary (switching after 2-3 years, being proactive, trying leetcode, persuing FAANG) or following FIRE.

$500 would be 5h per month freelancing.

And to be really fair, he would first calculate all hours invested and he needs to calculate/estimate further time involvment.

For creating your own small company/business, thats probably a doable thing but still much more high risk than anything else.

[DeathArrow]

This is just an example of what a person has accomplished in a limited amount of time by himself. Noting stops you from pushing your hamster wheel at a FAANG or thinking about FIRE. You can even do this and a small app at the same time because it doesn't need a huge amount of time.

You don't even have to do a small app. You can do the next Uber or Airbnb. Or you can do something that yields the same monthly amount you get from your FAANG but have the advantages of having no boss and working for yourself. And if you decide you want to do something else, you can sell it for a nice amount, while quitting your job doesn't yield you any money.

[ghostbrainalpha]

I 100% agree with you from a purely financial perspective.

But after having failed at a startup, I realized that there is an inner sense of validation that can come from being able to successfully create a small business.

And I won't ever be able to remove that goal from my bucket list no matter how financially successful I am.

[frontman1988]

Yeah leaving you job at Google to do this is not recommended in 99% of the cases. Especially in a recession.