Flying Meat
Gus Mueller writes about how he became an “independent programmer in just 1068 days”:
When I started writing software on the side for fun, it never really crossed my mind that I would be able to to support myself and do it full time. Of course, the dream was there in the back of my head, but I didn’t think it was actually attainable. I figured my best bet was to become a good enough programmer to work for a decent mac company some day.