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- Jun 15, 2019
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Hello fellow freedomseekers,
I always had the feeling that the presented life of working 40 years and saving some money on the side is not the way to happiness and certainley not one to freedom. I saw it in close family. Working harder and harder and not getting rewared just getting exploited even better. I think I started working when I was 12, with the classic delivery of newspaper. I have always been told to work and work and always had jobs since, always selling my time.
My experiences include:
Through the work on the fairs which started as a small side job after school, I have gained experience with many different kinds of people. I would say this is my biggest strength. I have seen the lowest of the low people trying to get free pens at the fair but through my work ethic I have been chosen to represent luxury goods too. So I have also been interacting with many millionaires in a pretty relaxed environment through these jobs. One of the first things I asked was how they made so much money to be able to afford these luxuries. None answered that they started as an small employee at a company. Most have been entrepeneurs some even under 20 year olds.
So this experience and ultimatley TMF have shown me, what exactly has to be done to reach this freedom.
I am now almost 27 and working as a software-engineer (app-development) in a startup. But this is only temporarily and this is my last job. I will work this until I have 26 000€, after that I will not have to sell my time anymore and can dedicate all of my time to my mission.
My current sources of income:
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I wanted to have something else but this comes of different than i want it to.
How I will boost my starting phase:
- Paying people under minimum wage and make them super happy at the same time to have this opportunity. -
How I want to find people interested in the same things I am:
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I bought five Raspberry pies and designed a poster which I will hang around campus. Studends can participate to win a small scholarship of 50€ a month (I would have done so much as a student to get this money). The idea is they will have to present their Idea, what they want to do with it then I will give them the computers and they will have to build the fanciest gadget they can imagine. The condition is that the product has to be open source. And the project is about IoT. The winner gets the scholarship.
What do I gain?
I am still deciding about a specific topic or a specifc task the students will have to do. Generally the computers should be controlled through the internet.
I don’t care so much what they will do. Just something that will make me laugh or something unexpected will probably win. But I think there is much more possibilities. So please share your ideas. Or a topic they could be doing. I though also maybe smart homes. So they have to turn off and on lightswitches or other electronics in the house.
Please give me input into how I should organize this mini-scholarship.
Thank you for reading my introduction. I will learn a lot from you guys.
I edited my post to reflect what I intend better. As I said the project with the students is something, where the person who will make something funny wins.
I always had the feeling that the presented life of working 40 years and saving some money on the side is not the way to happiness and certainley not one to freedom. I saw it in close family. Working harder and harder and not getting rewared just getting exploited even better. I think I started working when I was 12, with the classic delivery of newspaper. I have always been told to work and work and always had jobs since, always selling my time.
My experiences include:
- Selling Bread from door to door.
- Working in a laundry service, lifting heavy things around.
- Working on exhibitions, setting up the fair stand and after that interacting with the customers during the exhibition.
- Building Software.
Through the work on the fairs which started as a small side job after school, I have gained experience with many different kinds of people. I would say this is my biggest strength. I have seen the lowest of the low people trying to get free pens at the fair but through my work ethic I have been chosen to represent luxury goods too. So I have also been interacting with many millionaires in a pretty relaxed environment through these jobs. One of the first things I asked was how they made so much money to be able to afford these luxuries. None answered that they started as an small employee at a company. Most have been entrepeneurs some even under 20 year olds.
So this experience and ultimatley TMF have shown me, what exactly has to be done to reach this freedom.
I am now almost 27 and working as a software-engineer (app-development) in a startup. But this is only temporarily and this is my last job. I will work this until I have 26 000€, after that I will not have to sell my time anymore and can dedicate all of my time to my mission.
My current sources of income:
- Selling my lifetime (I get 25€/hour) as a Softwareengineer in Germany. - Anybody know how I can get more per hour? Should I try upwork.com or do you have any other tips? I have a year experience in this field.
- Sidehustle: I will buy a car with my brother and sell it for a profit (He has done this multiple times and I will chip in) Problem: This is completely against the commandment of Control. But I trust my brother, for me this is a risk worth taking. At least I will make money without selling my time.
- My business: Building electronic devices which will be usefull for small businesses. I will stick around here and once I got this going I will reveal what I am doing. (I have no profit but I dedicate my time into this) My plan is to make at least 50€ with this business in november. And 200€ in december. After that we will see.
Edit:
I wanted to have something else but this comes of different than i want it to.
How I want to find people interested in the same things I am:
Edit end
I bought five Raspberry pies and designed a poster which I will hang around campus. Studends can participate to win a small scholarship of 50€ a month (I would have done so much as a student to get this money). The idea is they will have to present their Idea, what they want to do with it then I will give them the computers and they will have to build the fanciest gadget they can imagine. The condition is that the product has to be open source. And the project is about IoT. The winner gets the scholarship.
What do I gain?
I will have intelligent, young people building software and start relationships with them while they are still hungry.Cheap software- I do something good and GIVE VALUE to people. As a student I benefited from such programs myself.
- I learn leading skills.
- Tax benefits. (Anybody know something about this?)
I am still deciding about a specific topic or a specifc task the students will have to do. Generally the computers should be controlled through the internet.
I don’t care so much what they will do. Just something that will make me laugh or something unexpected will probably win. But I think there is much more possibilities. So please share your ideas. Or a topic they could be doing. I though also maybe smart homes. So they have to turn off and on lightswitches or other electronics in the house.
Please give me input into how I should organize this mini-scholarship.
Thank you for reading my introduction. I will learn a lot from you guys.
I edited my post to reflect what I intend better. As I said the project with the students is something, where the person who will make something funny wins.
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