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Ask HN: I want to leave tech: what do I do?

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135 points todsacerdoti | 2 comments | 04 Jul 25 13:58 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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mathiaspoint ◴[04 Jul 25 14:26 UTC] No.44464854[source]▶
Buy rural land and live on investments while you start a small business. That's what I'm doing.

I think we need a monthly "who wants to be fired" thread where we share our progress on this.

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hn_throwaway_99 ◴[04 Jul 25 16:13 UTC] No.44465758[source]▶
What you're describing is essentially the whole FIRE movement (financial independence, retire early). While I find adherents to that movement can be "culty"/extreme around the edges, the general advice of living below your means so that you can then have at least some number of years where you can engage in a more meaningful use of your time (doesn't have to be "retire") is good advice.
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1. spacemadness ◴[04 Jul 25 16:42 UTC] No.44465974[source]▶
That’s not FIRE. FIRE is keep your tech job, live very frugaly, invest, maybe make some other passive income, then actually retire. OP is rather focusing on getting out of tech to do something else but it is still going to be work. Maybe a lot of work. They’re downsizing lifestyle because they’re also downsizing their pay.
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2. hn_throwaway_99 ◴[04 Jul 25 17:10 UTC] No.44466206[source]▶
I don't think it's worth it to "No True Scotsman" this, but there are plenty of people who go by FIRE principles, which are generally to live below your means so you can be more financially independent later (which is exactly what OP was focusing on), without actually retiring completely. In fact, most people don't retire completely because they find they get bored as hell.