I learnt an important lesson early in my career. Right from my first ever job, my family taught me to always save my money. In 2022, I had a moment of weakness when I was working with an infra company and I got an offer from a blockchain company with a $12k sign-on bonus.
I joined them, then I flew to Dubai to celebrate and blew most of my savings. 1 month into my new role, the crypto market tanked, and I was laid off. It was one of the hardest lessons I learned about money management. Ever since, I have learnt to live below my means, save up aggressively, invest in liquid assets in case of emergencies, ball out once in a while, but that's it
A guy I used to work with hit me up last night.
Dude was making $260k in tech. Nice house, $4,700/month mortgage, two cars, vacations every few months.
Got laid off 6 months ago.
Still nothing.
Said he’s down to $22k and burning $5,500 a month. Wife at home, one kid.
He told me he checks his bank app before he even gets out of bed now.
This is someone I saw winning in real life.
Save your money.
Because when it flips, it flips fast.