<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>average_gary wrote</title><author_name>average_gary (npub160…zyjc9)</author_name><author_url>https://yabu.me/npub160t5zfxalddaccdc7xx30sentwa5lrr3rq4rtm38x99ynf8t0vwsvzyjc9</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://yabu.me</provider_url><html>entering into software late (just shy of 30) is often weird. friends groups and peers who have been in the game a while longer have better context for things in depth that I lack and experience shipping that I&#39;ll never get to. financially too,  it&#39;s a different. i&#39;m doing well enough but i didn&#39;t FANG/startup in my 20&#39;s and didn&#39;t vest a bunch (or at all).&#xA;&#xA;Anyway, just reflecting on the lower middle class life I&#39;m living. Very thankful for it but it&#39;s often apparent to me how late to the game i am. I often ponder the best way to pivot from this lifestyle into a more self-sufficient lifestyle working my small plot of land.</html></oembed>