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[-] Saigonauticon@voltage.vn 4 points 1 year ago

It's more a problem of economics. I've optimized my life to accomplish a single goal. There is no room for anything else. Time is the most expensive thing right now.

I had zero dollars and a company license 6 or 7 years ago, so my focus has been bootstrapping myself into land+home ownership, which is very expensive here. A home in Vietnam is much more expensive than what you'd expect considering the cost of everything else.

So I've spent 100% of my time studying whatever I think will make me the most money. This has typically been technology and programming languages, with some brief forays into economics, finance, law, and accounting. I studied the Vietnamese enough to deal with daily life only. I can't really socialize in Vietnamese very well, but then again, I don't have a social life in any language.

It's intense, but going well. If I continue at this rate, I'll be able to retire after a career of about 10 years (so a couple more years). Then I can learn Vietnamese. Maybe I'll learn to paint too, or run a machine shop, or help students build their careers!

[-] SMTRodent@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Very good luck with all of that!

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