Title: I am a software developer and like the company I work for. I am smart and capable but have few connections. I have a family and several people rely on my relatively high income so I can&#x27;t drop everything and do a startup. I live in a place where cost of living is obscene and I have no option to move due to family. I am (finally) debt free, but projecting the rest of my life, I will be able to retire at 72-75. I want to get our early.<p>Every day I watch people get stupid rich. I know the startup route and have done that a couple of times, though the products didn&#x27;t take to their markets. I&#x27;ve tried stock trading, crypto trading, investment, small businesses, various passive income schemes, etc. None of this seems to return any decent investment. My portfolio can give me a solid 6-8% a year return, but unless I already have a couple of million to gamble it will still mean a slow and steady investment over decades which still lands me at a ridiculously old age before it&#x27;s enough.<p>Every day places like Softbank are giving away obscene amounts of money to mundane or straight up bad ideas. Banks and the government are moving unfathomable amounts of cash around, a bunch of which ends up disappearing to corruption. Bezos just made $13b in a single day during one of the worst economies of recent history. There is plenty of wealth out there to be had, but how to get a slice of it?<p>I am tired and losing hope. Even though I&#x27;m better off than most I am still struggling to support everyone who depends on me. I want to get rich and I no longer care about how (as long as it isn&#x27;t illegal, completely unethical, and does not endanger anyone&#x27;s life or health). I am not afraid of working hard and when I pick up a project I work on it obsessively until it&#x27;s done and done right, but it feels like I am panning for pennies in a puddle. What is the best way to get a large slice of a large pie without abandoning everyone who is dear to me for several years?
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