The plan...

I've thought a lot about what I want to do, and this is the high level. 

For goals, I will follow the PACT method (seems more intuitive to me than SMART). 

  • By April (or June): Finish CS master's degree. 
  • 2024 - 2027, including while finishing master's: 
    • Work full-time. 
    • Review all of CS. Master Linux, graphics, all the concepts. Get some cloud and mainframe certs. 
    • Get IT and cybersecurity certs: Google, CompTIA, CCNA, CCNP Data Center, and a pentesting cert. Create a homelab, and continue to work on gaming PC. 
    • Do various coding projects, including a mobile app, a game, and an in-depth website revamp. 
    • Get insanely good at Leetcode and Kaggle. 
    • Work at art, computer graphics, and novel writing every single day, no exceptions. 
    • Practice music regularly. 
    • Continue exercise regime, building muscle and getting faster. 
    • Self-study physics, engineering, and math. Especially focus on engineering that can be done with a CS degree: embedded systems and automation/control engineering. But also study electrical, computer, and mechanical engineering. 
      • Build a robot or other cool invention. 
      • CAD certifications, like in SolidWorks. 
      • Do the OSEE path on GitHub, as well as the PLC Dojo and the Embedded Engineering roadmap. I will also be self-studying ME based on the path given in 4Chan Science. This will make formal studies easier when I return to them. 
      • edX: MicroMaster's in Manufacturing through MIT. This will take about a year, so start no later than 2027. This will be where I get my business education as I am not interested enough in the subject to do a full-blown degree, BUT I need to learn it! (If they take this offline I will be sad, and will have to explore alternatives)
    • Because I suck at relaxing and socializing: Gaming every night for at least 30 minutes (60 on weekends), plus reading, watching TV shows and movies, nightly meditation and imagination, and messaging friends. 
      • Unironically, need to do theme park tycoon games and NoLimits, though that's not as important as actual math and engineering studies. 
      • I will also play PC Building Simulator so I can get better at that without having a bunch of random hardware in my apartment. 
    • Design my entire dream theme park resort. 
    • Set up my LLC for freelancing. 
    • Save a lot of $$$. 
    • Submit to both of my writing groups every single week. But, they must be high quality submissions. 
    • Marc Brunet Art School: Certificate in Concept Art!
    • Move to California. 
  • By 2027, my freelance career should be monetized. 
    • Ideally, it will be what I am doing full-time, but realistically, it can also just be a side hustle. 
      • I would also love to be working for a software company (Adobe Research would be amazing), a data center, an animation studio, or a theme park engineering company. 
    • Freelance app and web development. 
    • Doing computer repair tasks, IT support, tutoring in math/physics. 
    • Making money off of my own apps and games. 
    • My novels should be published. 
    • Art commissions. 
    • Demo reel and portfolio finished for freelancing animation. 
    • I should have shaders, rigs, and models available on sites like TurboSquid. 
    • Webcomics and visual novels, mainly making money via Patreon. 
    • I'd like at least one robot or cool invention built. 
    • My theme park resort should be fully designed. It will be a video game so that way people can visit the entire thing onscreen. 
      • I should have at least a few rides prototyped in 3D printing. 
    • Other: Adobe Express, music, maybe competitive Pokemon (a guy can dream), open-source development, and independent computer science research. 
  • January 2028: Start BSEE online via FIU (tentative) and maybe minor in hotel management. I could also do general engineering at ERAU Worldwide, which is cheaper and quite interesting, but FIU has more options for undergraduate minors. Could also take prereqs at a community college somewhere (maybe SMC, though I'm also looking at moving to San Diego). Either start using savings to open my theme park, or start pitching it to people. 
    • I will also start applying to theme park positions towards the end of this. 
  • After that, MSEE at CU Boulder. 
  • After that, MSME at JHU (tentative). 
  • Open my dream theme park resort. 
    • Pay employees well. 
    • Don't go Disney. Don't overcharge. I would like to do well, but I do not need to be at Bezos' or Elon's level of wealth. 
      • If I pull this off, and one of you who lives longer than me takes over and tries to price gouge, my ghost WILL haunt you until your last day on earth. 😀
  • I may also do an MFA in Creative Writing and maybe even a CS PhD, but that will be way down the road. 

So yeah, I'll probably be 45 by the time this is all said and done. 

But that's fine. My goal as a child was to open my theme park by the time I turned 50. Walt was 53 :) This is all extremely tentative and is super risky (I could get hit by a bus today, you never know), but the sky's the limit. So, let's do this. 


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