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  • Imagine you got paid one million dollars a year. That’s over $2,500 a day. You can work as much or as little as you want, you still get one million dollars every year. No taxes, no strings attached. That’s $1,000,000 every year.

    After the first year, you have $1,000,000. You’re wealthy. With good investments, you could get $50,000 - $100,000 a year in interest and dividends. You probably still work, but you live comfortably. But it’s nowhere close to a billion.

    After 10 years, you have $10,000,000. You’re very wealthy. You can live off of investment income alone. You probably have a personal secretary. And it’s still only 1% of a billion.

    After 100 years, you would have $100,000,000 dollars. You can talk to A list celebrities and sports stars. You probably have a yacht and multiple large homes. You have multiple staff to manage your day to day life. Now you’re at 10% of a billion.

    After 500 years, you would have $500,000,000. You’re richer than most people. And your only at 1/2 a billion.

    After 1,000 years you finally have a billion dollars.

    Some people have multiple billions of dollars. Billionaires should not exist.









  • I studied engineering after failing high-school algebra, so I was also pretty behind.

    Khan Academy is a great resource for everything from elementary algebra to calculus and linear algebra, all of which you’ll use.

    Symbolab is great for figuring out tough homework problems.

    YouTube is good for certain topics, and some may be able to explain how something applies to comp Sci.

    Once you’re in, use office hours. Some places have free peer tutoring. Everywhere has tutors you can pay for.