What would you do if you didn't need your next paycheck? Last year Kris left her full-time tech job at AWS to try on early retirement. She'll give you the basics of the Financial Independence (FI) movement, as well as practical steps you can take today to start laying the groundwork for the future - like building out your spending data lake, getting observability into your budget, and investing in your own financial resilience. Life's too short to be stuck in a job that doesn't bring you joy.
Kris worked in the Australian tech industry for more than 20 years at companies like Channel Nine, Canva, YOW, and AWS, where she most recently led the APAC Developer Relations team. She’s now trying on early retirement, which gives her a lot more time to think about technology and how we can do better