Note: This post was written in 2024 and is Part 9 of the Rational Compounding Framework series. Job market figures referenced reflect 2024 conditions. The framework for thinking about income…
Part 8 of the Rational Compounding Framework Here’s something that took me an embarrassingly long time to understand: getting from zero to $1 million and getting from $1 million to…
Part 7 of the Rational Compounding Framework Most people manage their money the way they manage their inbox — reactively. They open the investment app when markets drop 8% and…
Part 6 of the Rational Compounding Framework There’s a certain type of finance content that feels incredibly productive to read. It goes something like this: max your HSA, do the…
Part 5 of the Rational Compounding Framework March 2020. The S&P 500 drops 34% in 23 days. I watched three groups of people respond to the same event in completely…
Part 4 of the Rational Compounding Framework A friend at Google had a realization last year that I’ve watched play out more times than I can count. He’d been there…
Part 3 of the Rational Compounding Framework There’s a specific kind of broke that doesn’t look broke. Last year I came across a thread on Blind where a $350K Meta…
Part 2 of the Rational Compounding Framework I know someone who made $400K last year and lives paycheck to paycheck. I know someone else who makes $120K and has $800K invested,…
In August 2024, a company called National Public Data confirmed that someone had stolen their entire database — 2.7 billion records containing names, home addresses, phone numbers, and Social Security…
A few months ago I was setting up a new TV and actually read the setup screens instead of tapping through them. Not the full terms of service — nobody…
