Millionaire at 23 - AMA

[Ramanujan]

On 9/18/2025 at 10:02 PM, Joshe said:

True, I noticed that as well. 

It helps to have no other option. When I was trying to break into freelancing web dev stuff, I'd put in 12-16 hours a day, because I had to. I wasn't going back to being controlled by a boss. For me, it was either make it work or become a failure, homeless, or sponge off my parents, and my ego wouldn't allow that. There was no other option but to work all day. There was a neurotic element to it tbh. 

When failure isn’t an option, the brain stops wasting energy on alternatives. All your choices get collapsed into "do the work". This brings a clarity that removes friction, which can make 14-hour days feel relatively effortless. 

Certain configurations of mind have certain energetic impacts than can make working 14 hours a day feel like nothing or feel like a living hell.

yeah. but sooner or later you will burn out. this approach can work for a small amount of time before burn out

[bazera]

@Ero Congrats man!

I'm in software development, but not doing ambitious things (at least by my standards), I mainly do front-end for companies for the last couple years, the pay is good and I haven't really tried anything else.

If I wanted to go towards entrepreneurship and working on a business, what field would you recommend? "AI" is such a buzzword today, but what would you say are it's usage in business world as of today that we can leverage as creators?

Also, how would you compare working 9-5 (if you even have) to working on your business, effort-wise and also how fulfilled are you?

[Ero]

On 9/17/2025 at 11:59 AM, Ramanujan said:

how do you deal with pain , discomfort and fatigue that shows up when you study those long hours

Discipline and timed breaks. Treat this like an exercise - do a set, take a break. Do a set, take an break.

[Ero]

@Joshe Most definitely. That’s why taking risk matters. By putting yourself in situations with no escape plan/alternative, you bring out the strongest driving life force - survival.

[Ero]

On 9/18/2025 at 2:22 PM, BlessedLion said:

Have other aspects of your life suffered from this pursuit of money? Like meditation, dating, rest, adventure, creativity? I would imagine working 12-14h a day you don’t have much time for other areas of life. Have you developed in areas outside of making money? 
 

Now that you have financial independence will you continue to pursue money or balance it out? 
 

There are a lot of sacrifices I had to make. Dating and social life took the hardest hit. Meditation as well. Slowly getting back into it. I still have a hardcore schedule but I am trying to balance it out at least a bit.

[Ero]

On 9/23/2025 at 7:03 AM, ted73104 said:

Not sure if you've mentioned this yet, could you let us know the name of your current company? It could be the next Google.

Going through a name change and we are still in stealth. Could share at some point in the future.

[ChrisZoZo]

@Ero what is the biggest surprise disadvantage of being wealthy? Also, do you regret anything in the process?

[Ero]

On 9/24/2025 at 0:28 PM, bazera said:

@Ero Congrats man!

I'm in software development, but not doing ambitious things (at least by my standards), I mainly do front-end for companies for the last couple years, the pay is good and I haven't really tried anything else.

If I wanted to go towards entrepreneurship and working on a business, what field would you recommend? "AI" is such a buzzword today, but what would you say are it's usage in business world as of today that we can leverage as creators?

Also, how would you compare working 9-5 (if you even have) to working on your business, effort-wise and also how fulfilled are you?

You should spend some time on your own to filter through the noise. Build your understanding of the space, it will be hard for me to break that down in the span of forum posts.

In general, my work is more rewarding than 9-5 but it’s still a lot suffering for that intensity.