How Cockroach Mode + Curiosity Rebuilt a Career from Scratch

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What does it take to go from $160,000 in student debt to financial independence and then reinvent yourself as a self-taught developer? In this episode of SaaS That App: Building B2B Web Applications, Jonathan Mendonsa, Co-founder of ChooseFI, joins Justin Edwards to share how principles like talent stacking, cockroach mode, and curiosity-driven learning can help anyone design a career and life on their own terms. What You’ll Learn: Jonathan’s lessons from building a platform for tens of thousands of users How to escape debt-driven career constraints Why financial independence is really about reclaiming your time The cockroach mode advantage for bootstrapped builders Jonathan Mendonsa is the Co-founder of ChooseFI, a financial independence podcast with millions of downloads and hundreds of local community groups globally. With a background in pharmacy and a self-taught expertise in full-stack development, he has successfully built a platform ecosystem serving tens of thousands of users within the ChooseFI community. This podcast is