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0 pointswaterfowl11y ago0 comments

this is true. It is certainly more plausible for the average HN reader than the average person in the world though.

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Especially because I'm pretty sure he is/was a software engineer, who happened to ride the crest of two real estate bubbles.

waterfowlOP11y ago

he was(and so was his wife). AND they were canadian so free/cheap school graduating right around 2000 before moving south of the border, they defs got lucky(and definitely worked hard)

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0 pointswaterfowl11y ago0 comments

this is true. It is certainly more plausible for the average HN reader than the average person in the world though.

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andkon11y ago

Especially because I'm pretty sure he is/was a software engineer, who happened to ride the crest of two real estate bubbles.

waterfowlOP11y ago

he was(and so was his wife). AND they were canadian so free/cheap school graduating right around 2000 before moving south of the border, they defs got lucky(and definitely worked hard)

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