The way I see it, there's really no need to move out of the country to reduce your burn rate. I'm 99% sure that the inevitable culture shock and myriad other issues that come with living in a new country cancel out any benefit you get in terms of cost of living.
If you move out of the bay area and live like a college student, that should be more than enough to bring your expenses to a bare minimum.
I know its not hard to find a room in my local college town for under $400 a month. And thats right by the university. I assume that somewhere further out in the boondocks you can get a place for even cheaper.
I second this. I'd have been better off in a piece of crap apartment in an undesirable area, rice and beans and a motorcycle, plus access to brain power in the bay area.
The bay area is the center of the universe, well, for my people. I think living here and needing a part-time job to pay the bills (part-time jobs pay twice as much here as anywhere else, btw) is a better choice than moving to the midwest, or even Sacramento.
Right, I agree. Pick an undesirable part of the bay area thats cheap, get a motorcycle, etc.
But I don't really agree with a part time job. A part time computer job anyway, will totally kill your focus. There is something big to be said for full timing it. It sounds like he's talking about saving to go full time out of the US, and the bottom line is that he can do the same thing by living in poverty IN the US - and still have access to the networks in the bay area.
depending on what you are doing (and who you can hire, and what you can charge for your time) I think working part-time sometimes makes a lot of sense.
I can confirm that you'll lose a fair bit of momentum in the move. In the long term, it can be great. But in the short term, you'll increase your burn rate and your work can stop all together as you figure out the rules of working in the new country.
If you move out of the bay area and live like a college student, that should be more than enough to bring your expenses to a bare minimum.
I know its not hard to find a room in my local college town for under $400 a month. And thats right by the university. I assume that somewhere further out in the boondocks you can get a place for even cheaper.