[boredprogrammer]

The main sentiment behind MMM has always seemed to be "get a really high paying job and work your ass off for a few years". It doesn't really work if you are stuck in an average wage, with few prospects and no jobs to apply for.

[waterfowl]

this is true. It is certainly more plausible for the average HN reader than the average person in the world though.

[andkon]

Especially because I'm pretty sure he is/was a software engineer, who happened to ride the crest of two real estate bubbles.

[waterfowl]

he was(and so was his wife). AND they were canadian so free/cheap school graduating right around 2000 before moving south of the border, they defs got lucky(and definitely worked hard)