[turtleyacht]

Start three two-decade projects: programming language, operating system, and home lab.

Build your own job-portable software libraries. Yes, you might need a lawyer.

Start now.

[glitchc]

Not sure how this is supposed to help earn money or be a path to financial independence. Can you elaborate?

[2ndorderthought]

By understanding computers and enjoying the field you are in you will be more skilled then someone who says "tests pass", "worked on my machine", "maybe it's a good idea to run agents on my companies live prod database". Anyone can learn to slop it up, including someone who is passionate about writing code as a hobby.

Not everything is about making money anyways.

[glitchc]

What you say is fine for a hobby, and an excellent hobby that would be, but it doesn't work for a career.