I saw the same things you did and thought the same things you did. I made it to more than his salary in 1/3rd the time - from 2013 til 2019 is what it took me to get to $225k on almost purely frontend work despite being fired twice - and I've been vacation for three years now. I anticipate when I look for a job again I'll have no trouble. But I don't insist on remote, I didn't change my name to something edgy and impractical (if he was born to that name I apologize but that seems very unlikely, I've never seen or heard of an inherited single-letter last name in any culture), I have updated my skills as time has passed, and I'm not just building projects to look like I'm keeping up - I'm building real things I'm passionate about and which people use.
Moreover, after 3 years of work from 2019 I had saved enough to quit and go on vacation indefinitely. I haven't looked for work since and am on my second multi-month trip to Europe. It's not that hard. People are just absolutely trash with money. I didn't inherit anything and nobody is helping me pay for anything, not a penny. People are just bad with money, and in my opinion the situation this guy has described in the post gives off every conceivable red flag of someone who's terrible at both financial planning and career planning.
Moreover, after 3 years of work from 2019 I had saved enough to quit and go on vacation indefinitely. I haven't looked for work since and am on my second multi-month trip to Europe. It's not that hard. People are just absolutely trash with money. I didn't inherit anything and nobody is helping me pay for anything, not a penny. People are just bad with money, and in my opinion the situation this guy has described in the post gives off every conceivable red flag of someone who's terrible at both financial planning and career planning.