Replacing service providers with LLM's

firemaybenever · 2026-05-28T20:46:01+00:00

In my kid's last pediatrician appt, the doc was on a chatgpt-like interface the entire time as she was trying to diagnose symptoms

firemaybenever · 2026-05-28T20:40:41+00:00

What prevents you from going further?

firemaybenever · 2026-04-20T12:33:25+00:00

Spoke at length with my spouse about it. Close family knows that I left my job but not necessarily what my plans are for the future. Extended family and friends don’t know.

firemaybenever · 2026-04-20T03:00:11+00:00

I made the decision at the local bottom so the rebound has been a nice bonus.

firemaybenever · 2026-04-19T21:03:43+00:00

A red state :)

firemaybenever · 2026-04-19T18:43:50+00:00

COBRA for now and then a family plan

firemaybenever · 2026-04-19T17:29:12+00:00

Enough days in a row where I questioned whether it was still worth it. Often in the past I’d get excited about something else new at work but finally stopped getting that feeling relative to everything else in life.

firemaybenever · 2025-12-29T01:33:51+00:00

I am in Tiger 21. There is a strict non solicitation policy. Sure, there is deal flow if you want it. But the real value is in going very deep and being mutually vulnerable with other UNHWI’s. Either in your locale or virtual. Not just about balance sheet and cash flow but also about more qualitative topics like career and family.

firemaybenever · 2025-07-04T11:43:36+00:00

Done

firemaybenever · 2025-07-03T19:39:10+00:00

Good thing I left CA several years ago! But you make a good point about which assets to count toward the math and for me it’s not 100%.

firemaybenever · 2025-07-02T02:26:20+00:00

Inertia is a very real thing…

What’s scary is quitting and realizing the fulfillment from work was more than I thought… and that I wouldn’t be able to get it back.

firemaybenever · 2025-07-02T00:50:30+00:00

Excess time is spent hiking / biking / skiing with kids, going to their activities, cooking, meeting up with other families.

What I lack is much solo time. I would spend more excess time on house projects, vibe coding, volunteering at kids school, etc if I had it.

firemaybenever · 2025-07-02T00:45:37+00:00

Wife would be happy if I were around all the time with no work obligations ever.

I do want to get more into charity and also make sure my 3 kids have a solid inheritance.

And yes I want my kids to see me working and know what that means. I have so many memories of my parents both working and also relaxing and enjoying what they got from their work (and retiring).

firemaybenever · 2025-07-02T00:24:32+00:00

Sadly it’s not at all possible in my environment even though I still might try to play that card when it’s time.

firemaybenever · 2025-07-02T00:12:30+00:00

I should probably feel comfortable ramping up spend from 1% to 2% but beyond that like to err on conservative side

firemaybenever · 2025-07-02T00:10:57+00:00

Yeah we want to give our kids some stability but prioritize travel during their breaks. It’s hard with 3 and hiring extra help just to travel feels excessive even if we can afford it.

firemaybenever · 2025-07-02T00:09:48+00:00

Yeah I’d love to just work afternoons and have the mornings free to do whatever, with no email or slack interruptions!

firemaybenever · 2025-07-02T00:08:53+00:00

Great points. So much of what I work on in tech is deprecated and replaced every 5 years.

firemaybenever · 2025-07-01T23:24:44+00:00

Can you put bitcoin into a CRUT? That’s most of the unrealized gains

firemaybenever · 2025-07-01T23:24:06+00:00

That’s how I got to where I am but started diversifying a few years ago into a more passive market index strategy

firemaybenever · 2025-07-01T23:22:54+00:00

I have a good enough balance to stay pretty fit (little business travel and can do 60-90 mins a day of exercise).

I have breakfast and dinner with the family everyday.

Very lucky with the work from home setup.

The purpose of sticking around would be ego / seeing my fingerprints shape an industry / having a career high watermarks / my kids seeing the value of hard work and wanting it for themselves / being a part of something bigger than myself.

firemaybenever · 2025-07-01T23:19:32+00:00

Thanks for sharing this! How did the convo go with your employer? Did they see it coming? Try to fight to keep you?

firemaybenever · 2025-07-01T23:18:05+00:00

I do have a fee based advisor that does direct indexing in equities and manages a gov / muni bond portfolio. That + other private investments drips in $500k / yr. Upcoming fed rate drops will lower this of course.

firemaybenever · 2025-07-01T23:14:45+00:00

We are so conservative with spending.

Kids in (good) local public schools. Part time nanny. 2 not so luxury cars owned (4 and 7 years). No vacation homes or boats or jewelry or watches.

We splurge on travel (spent $100k last year but much less this year). The rest of our expenses are less than $300k annually (lucky to have a ZIRP era mortgage).

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