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Ask HN: €10,000 and 3 free months to spend it, what would you do?

7 points by NoelLabour ↗ HN
Background: I am 28, male, not married. Hold a undergraduate and masters in computing with 3 and a half years experience as a java developer.

I will have 3 months free and €10,000 to spend come January 2014.

What would you do?

I am up for anything.... adventure....education...travel...charity work....

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praguebakerr
certifications : Spring, AWS, CCNA, Scrum master ... startup ideas - hire someone to help you to build your idea

and 2 girls :)

NoelLabour
Thanks for the suggestions; I think I need to add a few zero's to keep two girls going ;)

More specifically, I am looking for an experience. Like boot camp, new skill, new job, charity work or back packing. Something to broaden my horizons; I have never lived outside Ireland.

With limited time and money what is the best investment I can make?

asselinpaul
Travel, travel and travel. You will learn so much, discover a lot of new things and get a new perspective on life. Do it, it's priceless.
coryl
You could travel southeast asia relatively cheaply. Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, India, etc, or stick to a couple countries for longer periods.
Diastatic
One of the best ways to spend money and free time is to travel. See the world now while you are young and not tied down.
jeffasinger
Buy a bike and a tent and start traveling
ASpring
This exactly. We miss so much as we zip through beautiful landscapes in cars or buzz over in airplanes. Bike touring is a way to go back to enjoying life for the little things. Life just slows down on a tour.
mythriel
Maybe talk with other developers and go somewhere nice and code from there something fun, build a MVP...I would suggest going to Spain or travel around Europe and code on the road :) It will be fun for you and maybe you end up with a fun project after this experience.
jasonkester
Round trip ticket to Bangkok.

3 months is enough to head up to Chiang Mai, take the slow boat down the Mekong into Laos, cross into Vietnam, make your way South then into Cambodia, then park it at Tonsai beach in Southern Thailand until your time's up or you decide to blow off whatever it was you were heading back for and extend your trip out to an entire year.

If you haven't done that already, then there is absolutely nothing else in this world (short of fathering a child) that will be as engrossing or life changing.

Book it today.

notahacker
Not to mention that after those three months are up you'll still have at least half that cash left and not feel like you've missed out on anything much back at home.