Date: August 9th, 2026 10:45 AM Author: ultramarine thriller native
Look at this guy “designing his life” as if it were a Video Game:
I designed retirement like mad :)! There’s an amazing series of books by Stanford professors called “Design Your Life” and I use their design tools all the time.
Recently, my favorite parts are the crazy-wild-fun side quests I’ve been on… which includes wood working and circuit boards/ electronics.
I also slow traveled through dozens of counties over several years post-FI.
Date: August 9th, 2026 10:41 AM Author: disgusting histrionic giraffe
I haven't taken Liberal Arts seriously since I began work on my undergrad STEM degree. I'd spend a full week studying for some advanced mechanical engineering exam only to get a B- because there was only One Right Answer. The Liberal Artists, on the other hand, just wrote gibberish essays the night before and got an A- for their gibberish analyzing feminine culture in America in the 1960s or whatever. Back when I was in undergrad, a Liberal Arts degree gave you the same knowledge as reading like 20 Wikipedia articles. Also all my engineering friends thought people who wanted to go to law school were dumb btw.
Date: August 9th, 2026 11:00 AM Author: disgusting histrionic giraffe
I don't want to risk outting myself by saying which (((prestigious))) STEM school I went to, but I will say that a BA in Political Science from Yale or Harvard or whatever generally doesn't get you far. Top realistic outcome is some bigfed job unless some dumb hiring manager at a High Paying Company is retarded enough to hire someone simply because of which school they went to.