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Amaca
Personal blog · amaca.substack.comprogrammingaicareer
Amaca is a personal blog at amaca.substack.com about programming, ai and career. Since 2021, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times, most often “How I got wealthy without working too hard”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-02-11, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked for posts on career and income: advice to specialise in widely used tech such as AWS, JS and Python, and on earning well while working fewer hours. Commenters cite them as sources.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
I write about things from a hammock.
Most-linked posts?
- How I got wealthy without working too hard2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2021-11-18
- How I got wealthy without working too hard2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-11-08
What Hacker News says?
My main trick has been to specialize in things that all companies like a lot (AWS, js, python), jumping gigs, and leveraging Remote Contracting networks [1]. To get to ~200k remote salaries is hard, but not impossible if you make clear what kind of business leverage you bring and what responsibilities you can take. In addition, you might not actually need such a high Remote salary if you choose to live in cheaper to…
Comment linking /p/how-i-got-wealthy-without-working
on “Ask HN: Strategies to land fully remote $250k+ job”Submitted How I got wealthy without working too hard as a story · 226 points
HN discussionFrom: https://amaca.substack.com/p/how-to-become-a-millionaire-wit... “Specialise in something that every company likes a lot. Avoid niche tech, go for huge popular things (eg. AWS, JS, Python, React).” Not disagreeing, specialisation is for bald apes. I know too many people with great technical chops, but they are held back from reaching their goals by other non-technical skill deficiencies.
Comment linking /p/how-to-become-a-millionaire-without
on “Ask HN: What mental models do you use everyday?”Submitted How I got wealthy without working too hard as a story · 23 points
HN discussionThe world has changed dramatically. I change company until I find one which is ok with me working fewer hours. This is hardly done as employed. Most freelancers are now employed full-time (like permanent employee) and can quickly change job until they find one with good work/life balance [1]. [1] https://amaca.substack.com/p/how-i-got-wealthy-without-worki...
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on “Unbundling Work from Employment (2020)”Submitted Advice for Young Coders as a story · 4 points
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