[icki]

Thanks again for the reply. It sounds like you've always maintained some level of financial independence, even at a young age, which is awesome.

Have you ever wanted to work on your own startups? It seems like you have some personal projects - why work a traditional career?

If you could do it all over again, would you do anything differently?

[hwstar]

Things I would have done differently:

1. I should have started earlier. I didn't start working towards financial independence till my second job. 2. I should have bought more rental properties.

Regarding startups:

For hardware products, startups involve a lot of effort. You usually have regulatory things to deal with and that is a big burden. Also the capital requirements are more than a pure software startup.