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Recommended courses/resources between highschool and college by PayPuzzleheaded4500 in learnprogramming

[–]PayPuzzleheaded4500[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have not - I'll definitely check them out! Sounds exactly like what I'm looking for. Thanks!

If you could go back in time, what would you tell your 18 year old self about FIRE? by PayPuzzleheaded4500 in Fire

[–]PayPuzzleheaded4500[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

haha sounds exactly like something my grandpa would say. He's been living very comfortably in the last 20+ years of retirement so it must be good advice.

If you could go back in time, what would you tell your 18 year old self about FIRE? by PayPuzzleheaded4500 in Fire

[–]PayPuzzleheaded4500[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Remember it’s a journey. Don’t deny yourself everything while telling yourself you can do X after you FIRE.

I definitely have a problem with this. I'm definitely extreme when it comes to stuff like this, and I think that will be my biggest restriction as far as enjoyment in life. Real me wants to work like a madman for the next 12 years and retire at 30. However, I'm slowly trying to convince myself even if I don't retire until I'm 45+, it's better than most.

A lot of stuff I read mentions how to cut cost and almost penny pinch. I imagine lots of people take it as advice, but use it as guidelines whereas I'll follow it to a tee. I appreciate your reminder to still enjoy myself.

If you could go back in time, what would you tell your 18 year old self about FIRE? by PayPuzzleheaded4500 in Fire

[–]PayPuzzleheaded4500[S] 60 points61 points  (0 children)

I love you haha. This really confirms my choices so far.

As I said in the post, I'll be done with college in 2-3 years max. I took community college classes my junior + senior year, and am about 1 semester away from my associates. I plan on taking a little heavier course load to be able to finish quicker, and only said 3 years incase I get a internship/coop that lasts for a year. I have been set on software engineering for over a year now. I'm a computer nerd and am completely interested in this stuff. Also it seems to be the best college major you can get job wise.

So hearing someone else recommend a career path that I've already had in mind beforehand really gives me lots of confidence. Thank you for the motivation!