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I don't get it, I have been working with web development for the past 10 years, I never had problems finding a job but I wouldn't know how to do remote consulting while I travel around the work to "take a break", nevertheless the tone set from OP is confusing you don't know if he is humble, spoiled or bragging. It's all mixed up, and like other people noted pivoting is not changing your idea completely, this is starting over.

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It's a euphemism for not working at all, though likely with one or two experiences that keep it from being a total lie (the majority of the money lived off of being either already saved or coming from family).

The guy just failed hard in a pretty limp way. The options are either to try to "grow personally" and then to try something similar again, or to buckle down with a normal job and develop your skills and knowledge into something that really has value. When you've been drinking the start-up kool-aid the second is a hard pill to swallow - having to actually compete with everyone else - but I think it's worth it.

I share your impression of the tone. It's probably due to the text being written by a 21-year old. At that age hardly anyone has a fixed personality, but displays kind of fluctuating character traits. At least I think that's what leads to the impression you so accurately described.

I'm also interested in how he's travelling the world while doing consulting work. Travelling (for leisure) and working don't go well together in my experience, curious how he's pulling it off (so I can try too).

I have seen pretty many doing that. However, don't except a work like in a stable, salary-based job, with a little risk. More like shorter freelancer gigs, maybe some small software products/apps/websites which generate some passive income along the side, etc.

Also I wouldn't say that you can travel just to have fun, you also have to get the work done. That means settling for some place longer than you would recreationally. I have met these guys in coworking places, for example.

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