I'm from China. I'm 35 and I think I'm lucky. I missed my first choice major and got put into CS. Then I fell in love with coding and have lived off it ever since I started a startup in college, and it failed. But I made a lot of friends and learned a lot from it I never planned to make money online. In 2017 I accidentally open sourced a Go project on github and then made my first $500 online In 2023 the office shut down and I got laid off. I was lucky to change my mindset that working for someone else isn't safe In 2025 I quit my 9 to 5 and failed to raise VC. Then I found X and started building as an indie hacker two months ago My MRR is still negative. But yesterday I launched my first SaaS, and I believe in it If you're a builder or an indie hacker and feel lucky too, let's connect!

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