Strategies for Achieving Financial Freedom as a Software Engineer. Part 1: Working at a Promising Software Company with Share Options as a Loyal Employee

A good company’s shares reward for loyalty can be quite significant.

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In this Strategies for Achieving Financial Freedom as a Software Engineer series:

1. Part 1: Working at a Promising Software Company with Share Options as a Loyal Employee
2. Part 2: Micro-ISV / Start-up Founder
3. Part 3: Software Reselling (Passive Income Way), coming soon.

This article shares my thoughts, drawing from my personal experience and observations, on how a software professional makes a good living from professional income (i.e. utilizing IT skills, excluding financial investments, e.g. share trading or cryptocurrencies).

I intentionally avoid using “Wealth” or “Rich” in this context. Although the actual monetary value holds significance, additional factors, including job satisfaction, freedom, time for family and a sense of accomplishment, are more important.

For example, an Independent Software Vendor (ISV) with $1000 Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR) enables one to live a comfortable life (of his choice) in Thailand. He…