How I Retired early from Tech as a Software Engineer

In this episode, retired software engineer Bukola shares how she transitioned from a full-time tech career to early retirement and how you can do the same while maintaining a sustainable lifestyle.

📌 What you'll learn:

Key principles to retiring early.

Smart saving strategies.

How AI can elevate your tech career.

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🎙 Connect with Bukola

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⏱️ Timestamps

1:22 – Intro

2:55 – Meet our guest

4:33 – Her journey before retiring

6:23 – Good vs. bad debt

8:12 – FIRE principle for retirement

10:03 – The “Retirement Fire” number

13:00 – How AI will impact software in 5 years

16:37 – Vibe coding explained

18:44 – Does AI speed up your work ?

20:15 – Advice for the next-gen in tech

20:28 – AI skills to boost your resume

21:08 – Shoutout to Black Is Tech

23:17 – Cybersecurity risks

24:14 – Upcoming Mixer: August 12

25:11 – Bukky’s passion project

28:22 – Behind the scenes at HackerProof HQ

30:51 – Connect with Bukky

31:26 – Outro

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