Beside a startup, what are the other ways to significant wealth for a dev?
I am currently working for a big company doing somewhat very technical work as a developer,and currently trying to formulate a strategy for building a reasonable amount of wealth that would allow me retire early ( and probably return to school yey:) ).
It seems that all the success story are related to start-ups;Looking at my situation, i am not sure that this would be my best options. First my area of interrest/expertise (compiler and dev tools) doesn't seems amendable for a start-up; and beside the somewhat rigid structure,low pay and boring meetings i still enjoy the "big company" setting : working with so many smart people with so much experience really turn every interaction into a teachable moment and has allowed me ( and continue to do so) to grow as dev at an incredible rate.
I am sure other dev/people are facing the same dilemma, so it would be nice to hear from other people :
1 - are start-up the only way to significant wealth for a dev(while still doing dev work) ?
2 - i read on-line stories about dev making north of 1 million a years; is that really possible ?
3 - what are the other way to wealth for a dev (investing, consulting, part time startup etc...) ?
It seems that all the success story are related to start-ups;Looking at my situation, i am not sure that this would be my best options. First my area of interrest/expertise (compiler and dev tools) doesn't seems amendable for a start-up; and beside the somewhat rigid structure,low pay and boring meetings i still enjoy the "big company" setting : working with so many smart people with so much experience really turn every interaction into a teachable moment and has allowed me ( and continue to do so) to grow as dev at an incredible rate.
I am sure other dev/people are facing the same dilemma, so it would be nice to hear from other people :
1 - are start-up the only way to significant wealth for a dev(while still doing dev work) ? 2 - i read on-line stories about dev making north of 1 million a years; is that really possible ? 3 - what are the other way to wealth for a dev (investing, consulting, part time startup etc...) ?