[JonChesterfield]

Even in Germany, a software dev with a burn rate of 10k a year must be seriously in profit each month. Buy index funds on payday and he has a wide variety of exiting strategies available.

[true_religion]

He is self employed and 17 years old. I don’t think he making quite as much as some might imagine.

[Sebb767]

> Even in Germany, a software dev with a burn rate of 10k a year must be seriously in profit each month.

That comes down to ~840€ per month. Unless you live deep in the countryside, life is not going to be much cheaper as a non-nomad.