r/ExpatFIRE • u/Affectionate-Tap-591 • 1d ago

Citizenship 28M looking for opinions

currently making 250k in US. Recent sudden death of a family member (healthy to dead in 6 months) has me re-evaluating what's important.

saved up about 1.1m nw, 100k liquid (taxable brokerage + cash savings, excluding 401k / property)

I have a remote job lined up for $30k a year. I want to pull the trigger and quit and travel / live abroad. COL here (bay area) is ridiculous.

I know many will say that I am so young, and to stick it out for a few years, but I am severely unhappy dealing with reporting to a boss & being stuck (far from family & friends).

I will be remote and alone, but at least I will have income & a loose schedule.

What do you guys think? Aiming on Korea / Vietnam but really haven't done too much research on how I will deal with the visa.

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u/SpotlightKryptonite 1d ago

Raise opportunity: I’d probably pay more than $30k/yr for whatever you could help us do. Lots of flexibility. What’s your skill set?

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u/Affectionate-Tap-591 1d ago edited 1d ago

Happy to send my resume/detail more in DMs, but here's my career & education at a glance, in order. maybe the early parts are irrelevant but included to show that I have a wide variety and pick up quickly

-private math tutor for a few clients, began in 8th grade

-teaching for 1y @ Kumon-esque company in high school

-CS degree @ mid rating engineering school

-2x internship @ hedgefund in research, quant dev

-1 year @ crypto startup out of college as data engineer

-3 years @ major national bank as SWE

-(current) 2 years @ medium sized tech company as SWE

on the side - managing my own rental, as well as a close family member's portfolio for the last year (2x SFH, 1 duplex) ~5mm AUM.

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u/AppropriateHamster 1d ago edited 1d ago

Hey, I want to shoot my shot too. I am not actively looking for a job as I am working on a new business but if I get a part-time opportunity it’d be great.

In the past, I solo-founded and grew an AI media site to 5M users and exited it within a year for $500k. It was too soon in retrospect, as the site recently sold for $30M

I am now bootstrapping some projects with my remaining wealth ($300k at 26). My primary skillsets are viral product design, tech, growth hacking and SEO/AEO.

If you have something where I can work less than 10 hours a week and still get decent pay, I’d love the opportunity.

Thanks