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This is my rough 10-year plan (or at least the direction I'm heading right now) I'm 19, mech eng student, and I'm out here in Portugal for a month. Surf every morning, deep work on robotics software during the day, client stuff in the evenings. It's actually unreal. The waves, the sun, I genuinely don't want to fucking leave. But at the same time I need more business coming in, a stronger network, and yeah, somewhere a bit cheaper long-term. So I'm pretty obsessed with making all this work together. From September I'm starting second year mechanical engineering back in the UK. I could drop out but im not gonna. One, because I already learned that lesson. Two, because it just destroys the whole pressure environment you need to actually push hard. So the plan is finish the degree while building everything else on the side. Short term (right now through summer): - Finish this month strong in Portugal - Fly back beginning of July - Lock the fuck in for the rest of July in England, building robots, pushing robotics simulator hard (the browser-based 2D/3D circuits & robotics simulator with STL support, AI Copilot, BOMs, build guides, all that) - Keep posting content every single day even when it's not blowing up yet. Just more and more and more until it compounds - Sign more clients (websites, WhatsApp automation, SMMA, custom AI tools, lead gen stuff). The new commission partnership I just set up with the guy from that old scammy sales course should help bring in warm leads - Mid-August probably disappear somewhere in Europe or maybe even Asia for a couple of weeks to network and keep the travel momentum Next summer (2026/2027): I'm going to apply to a shit ton of internships. Ideally abroad, Switzerland would be the dream for the network and the type of work. Real mechanical engineering + robotics experience on the CV. After the internship finishes (whether it's 2-3 months or whatever), the rest of the summer is pure travel because by then client money and hopefully some Robotics Simulator revenue should give me the freedom. Longer term after that: Finish third year, graduate with a proper mech eng degree + a bunch of serious personal robotics projects + robotics simulator as actual shipping software in the hardware/education space + a solid client portfolio from years of building websites, automation, and custom tools for people. Then? Probably go full-time travelling for a while, maybe a full year. If I still feel like doing a master's I can always do it later when I'm in a much stronger position. But if the robotics simulator and the client work are printing by then, maybe I just keep building, travelling, and living. The places aren't going anywhere. One thing I'm properly excited about: as soon as it's realistic, I want to get a sick warehouse. Proper halfpipe or skate bowl inside, walls for graffiti and painting, dedicated space for building and testing robots, laptop area for software and client work, a decent gym, full DJ setup so I can throw small events. Park the car inside too. Just a creative base where I can mix hardware, software, skating, music, and actual life without everything feeling separated. Basically the big vision is: build serious software in a hardware/robotics niche (robotics simulator is the main bet), stack client work for cashflow and real skills, get the degree done without half-assing it, land strong internships abroad, travel when it makes sense, and keep the lifestyle balanced with surfing, skating, building shit, and not burning out. I know plans change and this is all pretty loose, but right now it feels like the right mix of ambition and realism. Focus on today, keep shipping small wins, keep posting the journey even when it's messy. If you're another student builder, indie dev, mech eng person, or just someone trying to figure out their own path at the same time as uni/life, what's one thing you're putting in your 5-10 year plan? Or what would you change in mine? Drop it in the comments, I'm actually curious. Posting this from Portugal while the sun's still out and I'm thinking about the next surf session ☀️

underbuilt_'s tweet photo. This is my rough 10-year plan (or at least the direction I'm heading right now)

I'm 19, mech eng student, and I'm out here in Portugal for a month. Surf every morning, deep work on robotics software during the day, client stuff in the evenings. It's actually unreal. The waves, the sun, I genuinely don't want to fucking leave. But at the same time I need more business coming in, a stronger network, and yeah, somewhere a bit cheaper long-term. So I'm pretty obsessed with making all this work together.

From September I'm starting second year mechanical engineering back in the UK. I could drop out but im not gonna. One, because I already learned that lesson. Two, because it just destroys the whole pressure environment you need to actually push hard. So the plan is finish the degree while building everything else on the side.

Short term (right now through summer):
- Finish this month strong in Portugal
- Fly back beginning of July
- Lock the fuck in for the rest of July in England, building robots, pushing robotics simulator hard (the browser-based 2D/3D circuits & robotics simulator with STL support, AI Copilot, BOMs, build guides, all that)
- Keep posting content every single day even when it's not blowing up yet. Just more and more and more until it compounds
- Sign more clients (websites, WhatsApp automation, SMMA, custom AI tools, lead gen stuff). The new commission partnership I just set up with the guy from that old scammy sales course should help bring in warm leads
- Mid-August probably disappear somewhere in Europe or maybe even Asia for a couple of weeks to network and keep the travel momentum

Next summer (2026/2027): I'm going to apply to a shit ton of internships. Ideally abroad, Switzerland would be the dream for the network and the type of work. Real mechanical engineering + robotics experience on the CV. After the internship finishes (whether it's 2-3 months or whatever), the rest of the summer is pure travel because by then client money and hopefully some Robotics Simulator revenue should give me the freedom.

Longer term after that:
Finish third year, graduate with a proper mech eng degree + a bunch of serious personal robotics projects + robotics simulator as actual shipping software in the hardware/education space + a solid client portfolio from years of building websites, automation, and custom tools for people.

Then? Probably go full-time travelling for a while, maybe a full year. If I still feel like doing a master's I can always do it later when I'm in a much stronger position. But if the robotics simulator and the client work are printing by then, maybe I just keep building, travelling, and living. The places aren't going anywhere.

One thing I'm properly excited about: as soon as it's realistic, I want to get a sick warehouse. Proper halfpipe or skate bowl inside, walls for graffiti and painting, dedicated space for building and testing robots, laptop area for software and client work, a decent gym, full DJ setup so I can throw small events. Park the car inside too. Just a creative base where I can mix hardware, software, skating, music, and actual life without everything feeling separated.

Basically the big vision is: build serious software in a hardware/robotics niche (robotics simulator is the main bet), stack client work for cashflow and real skills, get the degree done without half-assing it, land strong internships abroad, travel when it makes sense, and keep the lifestyle balanced with surfing, skating, building shit, and not burning out.

I know plans change and this is all pretty loose, but right now it feels like the right mix of ambition and realism. Focus on today, keep shipping small wins, keep posting the journey even when it's messy.

If you're another student builder, indie dev, mech eng person, or just someone trying to figure out their own path at the same time as uni/life, what's one thing you're putting in your 5-10 year plan? Or what would you change in mine? Drop it in the comments, I'm actually curious.

Posting this from Portugal while the sun's still out and I'm thinking about the next surf session ☀️

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