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Bad car Bill

The Tale of Bad Car Bill

April 30, 2013 by Mr. 1500 Days 41 Comments

One of my first real jobs in the world was working as a computer programmer at the fancy headquarters of a big US retailer in the late 90s. I was an employee, but worked with a team of consultants that the company had hired on to help with Y2K code remediation. These consultants, with their old skills were now tripling and quadrupling their pay as the demand to fix the old … [Read more...] about The Tale of Bad Car Bill

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My goal was to build a portfolio of $1,000,000 by February of 2017; 1500 days from the birth of this blog (January 1, 2013). And hey look, I’ve since retired!

Investments only (primary home excluded)
1/1/13 (The Start): $586,043
1/1/14 (1 Yr Later): $869,635
1/1/15 (2 Yrs Later): $987,351
1/1/16 (3 Yrs Later): $1,057,961
2017 (4 Yrs Later): $RETIRED$

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